vicissity

== English == === Etymology === From viciss(itous) +‎ -ity, from Latin vicissitas. Mentioned since at least 1717, in Elisha Coles's An English Dictionary. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): [vɪˈsɪs.ɨˌti], [vaɪˈsɪs.ɨˌti] Hyphenation: vi‧cis‧si‧tude === Noun === vicissity (plural vicissities) (chiefly in the plural, now very rare) A change, as of fortune. 1763, Thomas Newcomb (translating Salomon Gessner's German work to English), The Death of Abel. A Sacred Poem. Written Originally [by Salomon Gessner] in the German language, attempted in the stile of Milton by the Rev. Thomas Newcomb, page 33: While to your ears, a father does unfold / The various scenes by turns which checquer'd o'er / My life, vicissities of bliss and woe. / When our offended Maker deem'd to cheer / Offending man, with promises of love, / And reconciling mercy, tell me, Eve, / Associate dear, in fortune's every change, / [...] ==== Related terms ==== vicissitous vicissitude === References ===