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vicissitudes

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vicissitudes [viss-iss-it-yewds]
Noun, pl
changes in circumstance or fortune [Latin vicis change]
Translations
Spanish vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl → vicisitudes fpl; peripecias fpl
French vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl → vicissitudes fpl
German vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl → Wechselfälle pl
Italian vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl → vicissitudini fpl
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As for the weapons, it hardly falleth under rule and observation: yet we see even they, have returns and vicissitudes.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The experience of many individuals among us, who think it hardly worth the telling, would equal the vicissitudes of the Spaniard's earlier life; while their ultimate success, or the point whither they tend, may be incomparably higher than any that a novelist would imagine for his hero.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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