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vicissitudinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-cis-si-tudi-nous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by or filled with vicissitudes.

Etymology

From Latin vicissitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin vicissitūdō, from vicis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, vicissitude + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more vicissitudinous (comparative) most vicissitudinous (superlative) vicissitudious (alternative)

Derived Forms

vicissitudinously

Synonyms

vicissitudinary

Questions

What does vicissitudinous mean?
Characterized by or filled with vicissitudes.
Where does vicissitudinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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