fin-de-siècle


fin-de-siè·cle

F0125900 (făN′də-sē-ĕk′lə)adj. Of or characteristic of the last part of the 19th century, especially with reference to its artistic climate of effete sophistication.
[French : fin, end + de, of + siècle, century.]

fin-de-siè•cle

(Fr. fɛ̃ dəˈsyɛ klə)
adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the final years of the 19th century, esp. in Europe, and to the rarefied aestheticism and world-weary, somewhat decadent sophistication of its society, art, and literature. [< French: end of the century]