Advertisement
vicissitude (n.)
"a passing from one state to another," whether regular or not, 1560s, from French vicissitude (14c.), from Latin vicissitudinem (nominative vicissitudo) "change, interchange, alternation," from vicissim (adv.) "changeably, on the other hand, by turns, in turn," from vicis "a turn, change" (from PIE root *weik- (2) "to bend, to wind"). Related: Vicissitudes.
updated on December 07, 2020
Advertisement
Advertisement
Dictionary entries near vicissitude
Vichy
vichyssoise
vicinage
vicinity
vicious
vicissitude
Vicksburg
victim
victimization
victimize
victimless