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finis¹

  • /ˈfɪnɪs/
  • /fiːˈniː/

Rhymes with -ɪnɪs, -iː

Where it comes from

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

noun

  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.

finis²

Where it comes from

fini + -s

noun

  1. plural plural of fini

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