Meaning

noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

noun the temporal end; the concluding time

noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad

originFrom Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

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