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finis

Syllables: fi·nis/ˈfɪnɪs/

finis noun: of a book or other work: the end. Also the plural of fini.

Noun

finis

  1. Of a book or other work: the end.
    • He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again.1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which our hero finds out that trigonometry is not only necessary to navigation, but may be required in settling affairs of honour”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume...
    • Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious that, but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour, the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward, […]1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], pages 570–571

Also used as

finis is also the plural of fini.

Origin of finis

From Middle English finis, from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”). Doublet of fin, fine, and finish.

fini + -s

Words that rhyme with finis

Questions about finis

What does finis mean?
Finis means of a book or other work: the end.
What part of speech is finis?
Finis is a noun.
How do you pronounce finis?
Finis is pronounced /ˈfɪnɪs/.

Words near finis in the dictionary

  1. finikin
  2. finiking
  3. finikins
  4. fining
  5. finings
  6. finis
  7. finish
  8. Finish Fetish
  9. finish fetishes
  10. finish line
  11. finish lines

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