Finis
['fiːnɪs;'fɪnɪs;'faɪnɪs] or ['faɪnɪs]
Definition
(n.) An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.
Checker: Trent
Definition
n. the end: conclusion.
Checker: Phyllis
Examples
- To follow conventional methods, the final chapter of a book should be an In conclusion with a finis and a dismantled torch, but the history of invention will ever be a continued story. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Every night, just at midnight, I used to wake from awful dreams; and the book lay open before me at the last page, where was written 'Finis. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Shelby