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vicissitudes

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vicissitudes
plural noun variations, changes, shifts, changes of fortune, life's ups and downs (informal) stiffening himself to withstand life's vicissitudes
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vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] NPL → vicisitudes fpl, peripecias fpl
vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl → vicissitudes fpl
vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl (frm) → 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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