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Definition of Finis
1. Noun. The temporal end; the concluding time. "They were playing better at the close of the season"
Generic synonyms: End, Ending
Derivative terms: Close, Close, Close, Finish, Finish, Finish
2. Noun. The concluding part of any performance.
Generic synonyms: Finish, Finishing
Derivative terms: Close
Definition of Finis
1. n. An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.
Definition of Finis
1. Noun. an end (''of a book etc.'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Finis
1. the end [n -NISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finis
Literary usage of Finis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"on every page, When finis comes. Still,—they must pass! The swift Tide flows.
Though not for all the laurel grows, Perchance, in this be-slandered age, ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper ...by Charles Viner by Charles Viner (1794)
"As partes finis non ha- k- is counted or pleaded. - r 572 be pleaded. ... 335 By
whom the plea of partes finis nihil, &c. may Nient ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... the predictions of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony,
were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union. finis. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"Again, some copies of the Tale of a Tub have after the epilogue the word “finis”;
in others it is wanting. But on comparing four copies, one with “finis,” ..."
5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"Low L. finis, a From L. filum, thread ; granum, grain. settled payment, ... i..
finis. purl (3), to form an edging on lace, invert stitches in knitting. ..."
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