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vuh-SI-suh-tyood
noun
a change in a person's circumstances; a burden associated with a way of life; change in social affairs or social status
1902The Puppet CrownHe cast a pebble into the lake, and watched the ripples roll away and disappear, and ruminated on a life full of color and vicissitude.1907PragmatismI am willing to think that the prodigal-son attitude, open to us as it is in many vicissitudes, is not the right and final attitude towards the whole of life.1911The Prodigal JudgeHe was deeply absorbed in Hannibal's account of those vicissitudes which had befallen him during their separation.Labels: Harold MacGrath, Vaughan Kester, William James
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