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vicissitudes

vicissitudes is the plural of vicissitude.

Meaning of vicissitude

Noun

vicissitude (plural vicissitudes)

  1. 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
  2. (in plural, often) 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...

Questions about vicissitudes

What is vicissitudes the plural of?
Vicissitudes is the plural of vicissitude.

Words near vicissitudes in the dictionary

  1. viciousness
  2. viciousnesses
  3. vicissities
  4. vicissitous
  5. vicissitude
  6. vicissitudes
  7. vicissitudinal
  8. vicissitudinary
  9. vicissitudinous
  10. vicissitudinously
  11. vicissitudious

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