vicissitude
(noun) mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
vicissitude
(noun) a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; “the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vicissitude (plural vicissitudes)
Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
Synonym: ups and downs (informal)
(often, in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
• Seneca
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*cis"si*tude, n. Etym: [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange. God made two great lights . . . To illuminate the earth and rule the day In their vicissitude, and rule the night. Milton.
2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation. This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
