fin de siècleadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌfan də ˈsjɛklə/, U.S.

/ˌfæn də siˈɛklə/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French fin de siècle.

Etymology: < French fin de siècle (1889 as noun and adjective with reference to the end of the 19th cent., or earlier) < fin fine n.¹ + de de prep. + siècle siecle n.

A. adj.

1. Relating to, or characteristic of, the end of the nineteenth century, esp. with regard to its arts and literature; frequently with implications of being advanced for its time or world-weary and decadent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1890 Daily News 29 Dec. 2/2 The finance of the year has been special—fin de siècle.

1891 Melbourne Punch 4 June 377/1 The fin de siècle ballet.

1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 1 The fin-de-siècle Argonaut, in Pullman train, flees the cold and grip.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 July 1/2 These days, which pessimists call fin-de-siècle with some sort of idea that the phrase indicates a weariness and weakening of purpose.

1930 Punch 30 Apr. 498 This charming old comedy can be trusted to delight us on its own merits. Fin-de-siècle trimmings are alien to its spirit.

1948 H. Acton Mem. Aesthete vi. 119 I had started sweeping away fin-de-siècle cobwebs with a paper called The Oxford Broom.

1965 Listener 25 Nov. 863/1 He..ignores the aspects of Proust that do not interest him personally; the realist, the chronicler of fin de siècle society, and the student of inversion are hardly mentioned.

1979 L. Blue Backdoor to Heaven xi. 59 His poems were too fin de siècle for me—they were too full of roses and lilies, but the man fascinated me.

2013 Atlantic Nov. 38/3 Bloy was..a denizen of fin de siècle literary Paris who turned upon the world a face of almost interstellar indignation.

2. In extended use: relating to the end of any other century, esp. the twentieth century.

ΚΠ

1977 A. King in R. A. Dentler Urban Probl. x. 406/2 This is no mere fin de siècle flurry, but is..an order of magnitude more serious.

1983 Amer. Hist. Rev. 88 962/2 Terminal Visions is a major contribution to understanding the current vacillation between millennial hope and fin-de-siècle despair.

1999 J. Clare Art made Tongue-tied by Authority (ed. 2) iv. 81 The proscriptive measures of the early 1590s were intensified as a result of the fin-de-siècle political tensions generated by anticipation of the Queen's death.

2003 Prospect Sept. 70/2 Millennium People is the novel that fin-de-siècle metropolitan England was waiting for.

B. n.

1. The end of the nineteenth century.

ΚΠ

1913 H. Jackson Eighteen Nineties ii. 47 The writers most imbued with the spirit of the time, direct outcome of circumstances peculiar to the fin de siècle.

1967 R. Croft-Cooke Feasting with Panthers viii. 166 Even French phrases carried sinister meanings and when people called the literary pseudo-movement of the Nineties fin-de-siècle it added an ominous purple hue to the earlier writings of Wilde and of those..who imitated him.

1986 L. Dowling (title) Language and decadence in the Victorian fin de siècle.

2003 D. J. Penslar in A. Shapira & D. J. Penslar Israeli Hist. Revisionism (2013) 84 Linkages between Zionism and the high imperialism of the fin de siècle.

2. In extended use: the end of any other century, esp. the twentieth century.

ΚΠ

1971 Hudson Rev. 24 384 They are undoubtedly programmed and structured by a pervasive apocalyptic ideology, as our own fin-de-siècle casts its shadow.

1982 Literary Rev. Fall 11 We stumble towards the Fin de Siècle.

1997 GQ Sept. 107/1 This indefinable new Renault is, along with the Ford Ka, the most significant and optimistic new car of the fin-de-siècle.

2003 N. Harkness et al. Visions/Revisions 9 Now that another fin-de-siècle has intervened, we know that the concept does not, and cannot, escape its earlier conceptual resonances.

Derivatives

fin-de-ˈsièclism n. (also fin-de-siècleism) the state or quality of being characteristically fin de siècle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years > fin de siècle > spirit of

fin-de-sièclism1890

ninetyism1941

ninetyishness1959

1890 Financial Times 16 June 3/3 The high society of the French capital shows us extravagance and immodesty—fin de Siecle-ism it is called in the boulevard jargon now.

1896 W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's Syst. 523 What is called Fin-de-Siècle-ism.

1966 New Statesman 27 May 786/1 [The description] conveys none of his fin-de-sièclism.

2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Jan. 34 His [sc. Gabriele d'Annunzio's] life was the unique nexus at which aestheticism, fin de siècle-ism, decadence, futurism, fascism and constant fornication all came together.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fin de siècle
释义	fin de siècleadj.n. Brit. /ˌfan də ˈsjɛklə/, U.S. /ˌfæn də siˈɛklə/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French fin de siècle. Etymology: < French fin de siècle (1889 as noun and adjective with reference to the end of the 19th cent., or earlier) < fin fine n.¹ + de de prep. + siècle siecle n. A. adj. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of, the end of the nineteenth century, esp. with regard to its arts and literature; frequently with implications of being advanced for its time or world-weary and decadent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1890 Daily News 29 Dec. 2/2 The finance of the year has been special—fin de siècle. 1891 Melbourne Punch 4 June 377/1 The fin de siècle ballet. 1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 1 The fin-de-siècle Argonaut, in Pullman train, flees the cold and grip. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 July 1/2 These days, which pessimists call fin-de-siècle with some sort of idea that the phrase indicates a weariness and weakening of purpose. 1930 Punch 30 Apr. 498 This charming old comedy can be trusted to delight us on its own merits. Fin-de-siècle trimmings are alien to its spirit. 1948 H. Acton Mem. Aesthete vi. 119 I had started sweeping away fin-de-siècle cobwebs with a paper called The Oxford Broom. 1965 Listener 25 Nov. 863/1 He..ignores the aspects of Proust that do not interest him personally; the realist, the chronicler of fin de siècle society, and the student of inversion are hardly mentioned. 1979 L. Blue Backdoor to Heaven xi. 59 His poems were too fin de siècle for me—they were too full of roses and lilies, but the man fascinated me. 2013 Atlantic Nov. 38/3 Bloy was..a denizen of fin de siècle literary Paris who turned upon the world a face of almost interstellar indignation. 2. In extended use: relating to the end of any other century, esp. the twentieth century. ΚΠ 1977 A. King in R. A. Dentler Urban Probl. x. 406/2 This is no mere fin de siècle flurry, but is..an order of magnitude more serious. 1983 Amer. Hist. Rev. 88 962/2 Terminal Visions is a major contribution to understanding the current vacillation between millennial hope and fin-de-siècle despair. 1999 J. Clare Art made Tongue-tied by Authority (ed. 2) iv. 81 The proscriptive measures of the early 1590s were intensified as a result of the fin-de-siècle political tensions generated by anticipation of the Queen's death. 2003 Prospect Sept. 70/2 Millennium People is the novel that fin-de-siècle metropolitan England was waiting for. B. n. 1. The end of the nineteenth century. ΚΠ 1913 H. Jackson Eighteen Nineties ii. 47 The writers most imbued with the spirit of the time, direct outcome of circumstances peculiar to the fin de siècle. 1967 R. Croft-Cooke Feasting with Panthers viii. 166 Even French phrases carried sinister meanings and when people called the literary pseudo-movement of the Nineties fin-de-siècle it added an ominous purple hue to the earlier writings of Wilde and of those..who imitated him. 1986 L. Dowling (title) Language and decadence in the Victorian fin de siècle. 2003 D. J. Penslar in A. Shapira & D. J. Penslar Israeli Hist. Revisionism (2013) 84 Linkages between Zionism and the high imperialism of the fin de siècle. 2. In extended use: the end of any other century, esp. the twentieth century. ΚΠ 1971 Hudson Rev. 24 384 They are undoubtedly programmed and structured by a pervasive apocalyptic ideology, as our own fin-de-siècle casts its shadow. 1982 Literary Rev. Fall 11 We stumble towards the Fin de Siècle. 1997 GQ Sept. 107/1 This indefinable new Renault is, along with the Ford Ka, the most significant and optimistic new car of the fin-de-siècle. 2003 N. Harkness et al. Visions/Revisions 9 Now that another fin-de-siècle has intervened, we know that the concept does not, and cannot, escape its earlier conceptual resonances. Derivatives fin-de-ˈsièclism n. (also fin-de-siècleism) the state or quality of being characteristically fin de siècle. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years > fin de siècle > spirit of fin-de-sièclism1890 ninetyism1941 ninetyishness1959 1890 Financial Times 16 June 3/3 The high society of the French capital shows us extravagance and immodesty—fin de Siecle-ism it is called in the boulevard jargon now. 1896 W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's Syst. 523 What is called Fin-de-Siècle-ism. 1966 New Statesman 27 May 786/1 [The description] conveys none of his fin-de-sièclism. 2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Jan. 34 His [sc. Gabriele d'Annunzio's] life was the unique nexus at which aestheticism, fin de siècle-ism, decadence, futurism, fascism and constant fornication all came together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1890
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