vicissitudinary

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adjective

pertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.

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vicissitudinous
OriginLatin vicissitūdin- →
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Meanings

adjectivevicissitudinary (comparative more vicissitudinary, superlative most vicissitudinary)

comparative more vicissitudinary · superlative most vicissitudinary

  1. rarepertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.

    We say the elements of man are misery and happiness, as though he had an equal proportion of both, and the days of man vicissitudinary, as though he had as many good days as ill ...

    1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (XIII. Meditation. Project Gutenberg)

    Synonyms: vicissitudinous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepertaining to change, alteration, or mutation.

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vicissitudinous
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vicissitudinous

Origin

  1. Latinvicissitūdō
  2. Latinvicissitūdin-
  3. Englishvicissitudinary

From Latin vicissitūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin vicissitūdō, from vicis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, vicissitude + -ary.

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APA

vicissitudinary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicissitudinary

MLA

“vicissitudinary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicissitudinary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vicissitudinary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicissitudinary.

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