Vicissitudes
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Etymology
Middle French, from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim in turn, from vicis change, alternation
- Date: circa 1576
Definitions
- b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs
- 2 a : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition <the vicissitudes of daily life>
- b : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control
- c : alternating change