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- vicissitude[vicissitude 词源字典]
- vicissitude: see vicar
[vicissitude etymology, vicissitude origin, 英语词源] - vicissitude (n.)
- "a passing from one state to another," whether regular or not, 1560s, from Middle French vicissitude (14c.), from Latin vicissitudinem (nominative vicissitudo) "change, interchange, alternation," from vicissim (adv.) "changeably, on the other hand, by turns, in turn," from vicis "a turn, change" (see vicarious). Related: Vicissitudes.