单词 | vicissitudinary |
释义 | † vicissitudinaryadj. Obsolete. 1. Marked by alternation; coming alternately or by turns. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adjective] > alternating interchangeable1561 interchanginga1586 vicissitudinary1624 alternanta1638 reciprocalc1645 alternating1653 up and down1812 intercurrent1842 commutative1844 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > full of vicissitudes vicissitudinary1624 reverseful1788 vicissitudinous1846 vicissitous1865 1624 J. Donne Deuotions xiii. 313 Wee say..the dayes of man [are] vicissitudinary, as though he had as many good daies, as ill. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii. 180 This presidence..is not perpetuall, but only for the time and vicissitudinary. 1650 Brief Descr. Future Hist. Europe 6 A vicissitudinary time of Affliction and Ease, Persecution and rest, pure Doctrine and Heresies, is signified. 2. Reciprocal, responsive. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > mutual or reciprocal evena1425 interchangeablec1450 relativea1500 reciprocativea1504 mutual1513 reciproque?1533 reciprocous1567 requiteda1586 intermutual1595 alternate1600 commutual1604 vicissitudinary1629 reciprocal1632 reflexivea1635 reciprocated1663 related1671 mutuous1683 turn about1802 interdependent1817 interrelated1827 reciprocating1827 reciprocate1833 transmutuala1834 reflective1839 interpendent1855 interradiating1858 two-way1950 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 92 When a mans Friend hath (first) obliged him by Signall Offices; if hee shew not all vicissitudinary Expressions of a thankefull Heart [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1624 |
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