HyperDic: vicissitude

English > 2 senses of the word vicissitude:
NOUNeventvicissitudea variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
attributevicissitudemutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
vicissitude > pronunciation
Soundsvih.sih'sihtuwd
Rhymesaccrued ... verisimilitude: 66 rhymes with uwd...
English > vicissitude: 2 senses > noun 1, event
MeaningA variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something.
Example"the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"
Broadervariation, fluctuationAn instance of change
English > vicissitude: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaningmutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another).
Broadermutability, mutablenessThe quality of being capable of mutation
Spanishperipecia, vicisitud
Catalandaltabaix, vicissitud

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