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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vicissitude \Vi*cis"si*tude\, n. [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis
     change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another;
        alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God made two great lights . . .
              To illuminate the earth and rule the day
              In their vicissitude, and rule the night. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune,
              sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vicissitude \Vi*cis"si*tude\, n. [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis
     change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
     1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another;
        alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
  
              God made two great lights . . . To illuminate the
              earth and rule the day In their vicissitude, and
              rule the night.                       --Milton.
  
     2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
  
              This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune,
              sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty.
                                                    --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  vicissitude
       n 1: a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times
            in your life or in the development of something; "the
            project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of
            exploratory research"
       2: mutability in life or nature (especially successive
          alternation from one condition to another)

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η εναλλαγή δύο ή περισσότερων στοιχείων που αποτελούν έναν κύκλο
     2 το σκαμπανέβασμα, η διακύμανση τιμών
     3 η αλλαγή, η μετάπτωση (ιδίως στη ζωή ή την τύχη κάποιου)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     French n.
     (l en vicissitude)
     n.
     1 Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part
  of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
     2 (lb en often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or
  fortunes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     n.
     1 Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part
  of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
     2 (lb en often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or
  fortunes.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     French n.
     (l en vicissitude)
     n.
     1 Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part
  of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
     2 (lb en often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or
  fortunes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     French n.
     (l en vicissitude)
     n.
     1 Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part
  of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
     2 (lb en often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or
  fortunes.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vicissitude
     Ranska n.
     1 vaihtelu (kiertävä, peräkkäinen)
     2 muutos, käännekohta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/
  التقلّب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vicissitude /[vaɪˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d]/ /[vɨˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d]/ 
  1. превра́тност
  a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
  2. редуване, смяна
  regular change or succession from one thing to another

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/ 
  proměnlivost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/
  steter Wandel , Unbeständigkeit 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  vicissitude /[vaɪˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d]/ /[vɨˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d]/ 
  1. käänne
  a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
  2. vaihtelu
  regular change or succession from one thing to another

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/ 
  1. उतार~चढ़ाव
        "Deal with the vicissitudes of life calmly "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/
  nestalnost, preobražaj, preokret, promjena, promjenjivost, transformacija

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/
  1. baj
  2. forgandóság
  3. viszontagság

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  vicissitude /vˈɪsɪsˌɪtjuːd/
  1. değişme, değişiklik
  2. (çoğ.) olaylar vicissitu'dinary, vicissitu'dinous  değişikliklere maruz.

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  vicissitude /vi.si.si.tyd/ 
  превра́тност

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  vicissitude /vi.si.si.tyd/ 
  Wechselfall

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  vicissitude /vi.si.si.tyd/ 
  vicissitudine

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  vicissitude /vi.si.si.tyd/ 
  vicissitudo

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  vicissitude /vi.si.si.tyd/ 
  vicissitude

From português-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-fra ]

  vicissitude /vˌisisitˈudɨ/ 
  vicissitude

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌvɪˈsɪsɪtud/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "vicissitude":
     adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation,
     alteration, alternation, annoyance, asperity, blight, bummer, care,
     chain of circumstances, chain reaction, change, changeability,
     changes, chapter of accidents, chop and change,
     concatenation of events, contrasts, cross, curse, difficulties,
     difficulty, diversity, downer, feast and famine, fluctuation,
     flukiness, flux, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase,
     hardness, hardship, inconstancy, innovation, ins and outs,
     irritation, mischance, misfortune, mutability, mutation, novelty,
     oscillation, pendulation, permutation, plight, predicament,
     pressure, progression, reversal, rigor, sea of troubles, seesawing,
     shifting, shuffling, sport, stress, stress of life,
     teeter-tottering, teetering, tottering, transposition, trial,
     tribulation, trouble, troubles, unpredictability, ups and downs,
     vacillation, vale of tears, variability, variation, variations,
     variety, vicious circle, vicissitudes, vicissitudes of fortune,
     wavering
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 变化,变迁,荣枯;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 变化,变迁,荣枯,盛衰

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