vicissitudinary
vicissitudinary adjective: pertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.
Adjective
vicissitudinary (comparative more vicissitudinary, superlative most vicissitudinary)
- pertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.
- We say the elements of man are misery and happiness, as though he had an equal proportion of both, and the days of man vicissitudinary, as though he had as many good days as ill ...1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (XIII. Meditation. Project Gutenberg)
- Synonyms:
- vicissitudinous
Synonyms of vicissitudinary
Forms of vicissitudinary
| comparative | more vicissitudinary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vicissitudinary |
Origin of vicissitudinary
From Latin vicissitūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin vicissitūdō, from vicis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, vicissitude + -ary.
Questions about vicissitudinary
- What does vicissitudinary mean?
- Vicissitudinary means pertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.
- What part of speech is vicissitudinary?
- Vicissitudinary is an adjective.
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