Word of the Day for Thursday, December 31, 2009
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vicissitude \vih-SIS-ih-tood; -tyood\, noun:
vicissitude \vih-SIS-ih-tood; -tyood\, noun:
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1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
3. A change in condition or fortune; an instance of mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another).
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It is unreasonable to believe that the vicissitudes of the B.O.'s life would lead him to be a proponent of capitalism!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Vicissitude comes from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim, in turn, probably from vices, changes.
Vicissitude comes from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim, in turn, probably from vices, changes.
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