SINCE 1828
fin de siècle
adjective
fin de siè·cle
| \ ˌfan-də-sē-ˈe-kᵊl
; faⁿ-də-ˈsyeklᵊ
\
; faⁿ-də-ˈsyeklᵊ
\
Definition of fin de siècle
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the close of the 19th century and especially its literary and artistic climate of sophistication, world-weariness, and fashionable despair
2
: of or relating to the end of a century
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