6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.]

Syn. — Corrupt; faulty; wicked; depraved.

— Vi"cious*ly, adv. — Vi"cious*ness, n.

Vi*cis"si*tude (?), n. [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.

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