vicissitude
Syllables: vi·cis·si·tude/vɪˈsɪs.ɪˌt(j)uːd/
vicissitude noun: regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
Noun
vicissitude (plural vicissitudes)
- Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
- Synonyms:
- ups and downs
- A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
- And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude...1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the fourteenth day of the present month.1789, George Washington, First Inaugural Address
vicissitude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vicissitude in Hindi
- vicissitude, twist and turn
- दौर daur
vicissitude in Tamil
- வழக்கமான மாற்றம், தொடர் மாற்றம், எதிர்பாராத மாற்றம், திருப்பம், நிலையில், அதிர்ஷ்டத்தில் மாற்றம்
vicissitude in Urdu
- vicissitude
- تلخی talxī, گردش gardiś
vicissitude in Bengali
- ভাগ্যের পরিবর্তন
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- vicissitude in Malayalam
- ഭാഗ്യവിപര്യയം, ഭാഗ്യം മാറിവരൽ, മാറ്റം, പരിവർത്തനം
- vicissitude in Arabic
- تبدل, تقلب الأحوال
Examples of vicissitude in a sentence
- The vicissitudes of war in Iraq cast a dreary backdrop for Donald Rumsfeld's first visit to Asian military allies since he became US Defense Secretary in 2001.2003 November 18, “US redeployments afoot in Asia”, in Christian Science Monitor, page 6:
- Engaged intellectuals were obliged to take a stand on the side of progress and History, whatever the occasional moral vicissitudes.2005, Tony Judt, “Culture Wars”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
Synonyms of vicissitude
Forms of vicissitude
| plural | vicissitudes |
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Origin of vicissitude
From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Portuguese vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).
Words formed from vicissitude
Questions about vicissitude
- What does vicissitude mean?
- Vicissitude means regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
- What is vicissitude in Hindi?
- Vicissitude in Hindi is दौर (daur). See Vicissitude meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use vicissitude in a sentence?
- The vicissitudes of war in Iraq cast a dreary backdrop for Donald Rumsfeld's first visit to Asian military allies since he became US Defense Secretary in 2001.
- What part of speech is vicissitude?
- Vicissitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vicissitude?
- Vicissitude is pronounced /vɪˈsɪs.ɪˌt(j)uːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vicissitude?
- The plural of vicissitude is vicissitudes.
Words near vicissitude in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vicissitude (page history and authors); दौर (Hindi) (page history and authors); vicissitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تلخی (Urdu) (page history and authors); vicissitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vicissitude (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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