siècle

/ French (sjɛklə) /


noun
  1. a century, period, or era

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How to use siècle in a sentence

  • It amuses me vastly to sit in my corner and watch one of these fin-de-siècle diplomatists work out her little problem.

    Worldly Ways and Byways | Eliot Gregory