vicissitude
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From Latin vicissitudo, derived from vicissim "on the other hand, in turn", derived from vicis "change, vicissitude" (whence Spanish vez and French fois, "time" as in "next time").
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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.
- (often plural) a change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, vii, 351,
- And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude...
- 2003, "US redeployments afoot in Asia", Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 18, Pg. 6.,
- 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.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, vii, 351,
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regular change or succession from one thing to another
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a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
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