English Explanatory Dictionary

vicissity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A change, as of fortune.

Pronunciation

[vɪˈsɪs.ɨˌti] [vaɪˈsɪs.ɨˌti]

Word forms

vicissity vicissities

Etymology

From viciss(itous) + -ity, from Latin vicissitas. Mentioned since at least 1717, in Elisha Coles's An English Dictionary.

Related words

vicissitous vicissitude
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