fin de siecle meaning
fin de siÃ¨cle fin de siÃ¨cle [(fann duh see-ek-luh)] The end of the nineteenth century; the phrase is French for âend of the century.â Fin de siÃ¨cle is particularly used to describe the period's self-conscious artistic movements and a sophisticated despair that became popular at the time. Oscar Wilde is one of the best-known fin-de-siÃ¨cle figures.