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vicissitude

[ vi-sis-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
  2. interchange or alternation, as of states or things.
  3. vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs:

    They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years.

  4. regular change or succession of one state or thing to another.


vicissitude

/ ±¹ÉªËˆ²õɪ²õɪˌ³ÙÂá³ÜË»å /

noun

  1. variation or mutability in nature or life, esp successive alternation from one condition or thing to another
  2. a variation in circumstance, fortune, character, etc
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Derived Forms

  • ±¹¾±ËŒ³¦¾±²õ²õ¾±Ëˆ³Ù³Ü»å¾±²Ô²¹°ù²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹¾±Â·³¦¾±²õî€È´¾±Â·³Ù³Üd¾±Â·²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vicissitude1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French, from Latin ±¹¾±³¦¾±²õ²õ¾±³ÙÅ«»åÅ, equivalent to viciss(im) “in turn†(perhaps by syncope, from unrecorded vice-cessim; vice “in the place of†+ cessim “giving way,“ adverbial derivative of ³¦Å§»å±ð°ù±ð “to go, proceedâ€) + -i- -i- + -³ÙÅ«»åÅ -tude; vice 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vicissitude1

C16: from Latin ±¹¾±³¦¾±²õ²õ¾±³ÙÅ«»åÅ, from vicis change, alternation
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Trump embodies this: he inherited an understanding of the power of mental focus and having grown up with financial wealth that insulated him from the consequences of the vicissitudes of life.

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A home is first and foremost a shelter designed to protect from the vicissitudes of nature.

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L.A. is definitely changing, but watching Easy navigate its nastier vicissitudes while speaking truth to power is “Farewell, Amethystine’s†— and this enduring series’ — North Star.

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It is, as Major Leonard described it, a common phrase in the Army from soldiers trying to deal with the vicissitudes of Army life.

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With one notable exception, the sliced off body parts allude to the fragmentary quality of the ancient original, which has lost its head and arms from time’s vicissitudes.

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