Associations to the word «Vicissitude»

Wiktionary

VICISSITUDE, noun. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
VICISSITUDE, noun. (often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.

Dictionary definition

VICISSITUDE, noun. A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research".
VICISSITUDE, noun. Mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another).

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery