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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characteristic of the last part of the 19th century, especially with reference to its artistic climate of effete sophistication.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : fin, end + de, of + siècle, century.]
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