Vicissitude is an unpredictable change in your luck or circumstances.
(noun)An example of vicissitude is when you have a great job but then you lose your great job.
See vicissitude in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr < L vicissitudo < *vix, a turn, change: see vicar
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See vicissitude in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Latin vicissitūdō
Origin: , from vicissim, in turn
Origin: , probably from vicēs
Origin: , pl. of *vix, change; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots
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