Friday, February 11, 2011

vi·cis·si·tude

Vi·cis·si·tude [vɪˈsɪsɪˌtjuːd] -- Noun
  1. change or variation occurring in the course of something.

  2. interchange or alternation, as of states or things.

  3. successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune.

  4. regular change or succession of one state or thing to another.

  5. change, mutation, mutability.
From Latin vicissitudo, from vicis "change, alternation".

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