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vicissitudinous

vicissitudinous adjective: characterized by or filled with vicissitudes.

Adjective

vicissitudinous (comparative more vicissitudinous, superlative most vicissitudinous)

  1. Characterized by or filled with vicissitudes.
    Synonyms:
    vicissitudinary

Synonyms of vicissitudinous

Forms of vicissitudinous

comparativemore vicissitudinous
superlativemost vicissitudinous
alternative formvicissitudious

Origin of vicissitudinous

From Latin vicissitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin vicissitūdō, from vicis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, vicissitude + -ous.

Words formed from vicissitudinous

Questions about vicissitudinous

What does vicissitudinous mean?
Vicissitudinous means characterized by or filled with vicissitudes.
What part of speech is vicissitudinous?
Vicissitudinous is an adjective.

Words near vicissitudinous in the dictionary

  1. vicissitous
  2. vicissitude
  3. vicissitudes
  4. vicissitudinal
  5. vicissitudinary
  6. vicissitudinous
  7. vicissitudinously
  8. vicissitudious
  9. vicissity
  10. Vick
  11. Vickerman

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