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vicissities

vicissities is the plural of vicissity.

Meaning of vicissity

Noun

vicissity (plural vicissities)

  1. (in plural, rare) A change, as of fortune.
    • While to your ears, a father does unfold / The various scenes by turns which checquer'd o'er / My life, vicissities of bliss and woe. / When our offended Maker deem'd to cheer / Offending man, with promises of love, / And reconciling mercy, tell me, Eve, / Associate dear, in fortune's every change...1763, Thomas Newcomb (translating Salomon Gessner's German work to English), The Death of Abel. A Sacred Poem. Written Originally [by Salomon Gessner] in the German language, attempted in the stile...

Questions about vicissities

What is vicissities the plural of?
Vicissities is the plural of vicissity.

Words near vicissities in the dictionary

  1. viciouser
  2. viciousest
  3. viciously
  4. viciousness
  5. viciousnesses
  6. vicissities
  7. vicissitous
  8. vicissitude
  9. vicissitudes
  10. vicissitudinal
  11. vicissitudinary

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