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vicissitude-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. variation, fluctuation-an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change.
Word Origin and History for vicissitude Expand n. 1560s, from Middle French vicissitude (14c.), from Latin vicissitudinem (nominative vicissitudo) change, from vicissim changeably, in turn, from vicis a turn, change (see vicarious).