vicissity

Etymology
, from. Mentioned since at least 1717, in Elisha Coles's An English Dictionary.

Noun

 * 1)  A change, as of fortune.
 * 2) * 1763, Thomas Newcomb (translating Salomon Gessner's German work to English), The Death of Abel. A Sacred Poem. Written Originally [by Salomon Gessner] in the German language, attempted in the stile of Milton by the Rev. Thomas Newcomb, page 33:
 * While to your ears, a father does unfold / The various scenes by turns which checquer'd o'er / My life, vicissities of bliss and woe. / When our offended Maker deem'd to cheer / Offending man, with promises of love, / And reconciling mercy, tell me, Eve, / Associate dear, in fortune's every change, / [...]

Related terms

 * vicissitous
 * vicissitude