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fin-de-siè·cle (f

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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.]

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The perplexing issue of acquittals in the fin-de-siecle assize court was nothing less than the failure of the state system of justice to displace a popular system of justice.

Judicial authority and popular justice: crimes of passion in ... by Ferguson, Eliza Earle / Journal of Social History

He ensconced himself in the rarefied world of fin-de-siecle Parisian society, and then watched up close and in horror as his aristocratic friends fled the guillotine.

Founding principal by Dallek, Matthew / Washington Monthly

If you want to go down into the cellar of her fin-de-siecle house, just follow the voices.

Germany: the art of children by ChildArt

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