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单词 vicissitous
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vicissitousadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: viˈcissitous.
U.S.
= vicissitudinous adj.
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the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > [adjective]
wavering?a1513
vicissitudinal1588
vicissitudal1598
vicissitudinarious1667
vicissitudinarianc1729
vicissitudinous1846
vicissitous1865
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > full of vicissitudes
vicissitudinary1624
reverseful1788
vicissitudinous1846
vicissitous1865
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 165 A city set upon such a hill could not have been hidden in the vicissitous experiences of a nation.
1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 9 June About all of them reach their affluence..along the same vicissitous road.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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