VICISSITUDE

PRONUNCIATION: (vi-SIS-i-tood/tyood)

MEANING: noun: A change in circumstances, typically one that is unwelcome.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vicis (turn, change). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weik- (to bend or wind), which also gave us weak, week, wicket, wicker, vicarious, and vicar. Earliest documented use: 1576.
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MICISSITUDE - losing a spelling bee because you misspelled the name of the US Gulf coast state whose capital is Jackson

VICISSITULE - a very small misfortune

AVICISSITUDE - when the Bluebird of Happiness fouls your birthday cake

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