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    [Noun]  | "vi*cis*si*tude" | \ və-ˈsi-sə-ˌtüd \


    1: the quality or state of being changeable : mutability

    2: natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs

    3: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition


    Origin: circa 1576 ;

     Middle French, from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim in turn, from vicis change, alternation {mat|week|};

    [Noun]  | "vicissitudes" 


    1: a negative event or circumstance that is common to a particular setting or situation and is usually beyond one's control;


      * e.g., " ... The vicissitudes of medical school proved too much for the anxious student. "



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    [Noun]  | "vicissitude" 


    1: a negative event or circumstance that is common to a particular setting or situation and is usually beyond one's control;


      * e.g., " ... The vicissitudes of medical school proved too much for the anxious student. "



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     [ "vicissitude" ]

    1: a natural change visible in nature or people

     [ "vicissitude" ]

    1: Quite literally change, or chaotic nature. Vicissitude would be used to describe the emotional state of mental patients or the chemical properties of nitro and glycerin.

      * e.g.,  ... Vicissitude is a word that is used mainly to belittle others in that very few people know it's meaning. 

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