Fin de siecle \Fin` de si[`e]"cle\ [F.] Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century; modern; ``up-to-date;'' as, fin-de-si[`e]cle ideas.
fin de siecle adj : relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century); "fin de siecle art"