vicissitudinousadj.

Brit.

/vᵻˌsɪsᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/,

/vᵻˌsɪsᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/,

/vʌɪˌsɪsᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/,

/vʌɪˌsɪsᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S.

/vəˌsɪsəˈt(j)udənəs/

Etymology: formed as vicissitudinary adj. + -ous suffix.

1. Marked by vicissitudes; subject to various or frequent changes of fortune.

ΘΚΠ

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

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Q. Rev.).

1853 J. Stevenson in Trans. Ch. Historians Eng. II. 227 In this mode was the king's administration conducted during the whole of his vicissitudinous life.

1865 Reader 23 Sept. 335/1 His career has been vicissitudinous in the highest degree.

1891 Sat. Rev. 4 July 2/1 A second Oxford innings, which, though ‘vicissitudinous’, almost equalled the first Cambridge total.

2. Of a person: That has experienced changes of fortune or circumstances.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > [adjective] > experiencing

vicissitudinous1856

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune > suffering vicissitudes

vicissitudinous1856

1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 15 Dec. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 173 An Englishman..who suggests himself as a kind of contrast with this warlike and vicissitudinous backwoodsman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vicissitudinous
释义	vicissitudinousadj. Brit. /vᵻˌsɪsᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/, /vᵻˌsɪsᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, /vʌɪˌsɪsᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/, /vʌɪˌsɪsᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S. /vəˌsɪsəˈt(j)udənəs/ Etymology: formed as vicissitudinary adj. + -ous suffix. 1. Marked by vicissitudes; subject to various or frequent changes of fortune. ΘΚΠ 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 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Q. Rev.). 1853 J. Stevenson in Trans. Ch. Historians Eng. II. 227 In this mode was the king's administration conducted during the whole of his vicissitudinous life. 1865 Reader 23 Sept. 335/1 His career has been vicissitudinous in the highest degree. 1891 Sat. Rev. 4 July 2/1 A second Oxford innings, which, though ‘vicissitudinous’, almost equalled the first Cambridge total. 2. Of a person: That has experienced changes of fortune or circumstances. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > change of fortune > [adjective] > experiencing vicissitudinous1856 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune > suffering vicissitudes vicissitudinous1856 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 15 Dec. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 173 An Englishman..who suggests himself as a kind of contrast with this warlike and vicissitudinous backwoodsman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1846
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