vagile

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vagile

/ˈvadʒʌɪl/ UK
/ˈveɪdʒʌil/ UK

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Borrowed from German vagil, from Latin vagus (“wandering”).

adjective more vagile · most vagile

Free to move about. 1914 Shelford, Victor E.: The American Naturalist: Comparison of the Responses of Sessile and Motile Plants and Animals Sessile organisms are those which are sedentary in habit, whether attached or possessing slight powers of locomotion. Motile organisms are those that habitually move about. Vagile
Similar: motile, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motive, movable, vagile · Opposite: sessile

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@misc{vagile_2026,
  title = {vagile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vagile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}