Vicissitude
Pronunciation : Vi*cis"si*tude
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
Definition : 1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange. God made two great lights . . . To illuminate the earth and rule the day In their vicissitude, and rule the night. Milton.
2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation. This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. Macaulay.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913