nounplural noun figaries
IrishA whim or sudden impulse.
‘he puts on these meals whenever he gets a figary’- ‘The idea of raising the dam is not only a figary, it's foolery!’
- ‘Sometimes what we require from our politicians is calm level-headedness rather than dreamy figaries or excessively blunt ambition.’
- ‘The government has tried to claim the 'squeezed middle' is some media-created figary.’
- ‘He took a figary and decided to set up a stall in Cork Market, selling mainly olives.’
- ‘The Five Point Plan was just some figary he dreamed up while he was in hiding last week.’
Origin
Early 17th century alteration of vagary.
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