Defn: 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-siècle ideas.
FINDFAULT
Find"fault`, n.
Defn: A censurer or caviler. [Obs.]
FINDFAULTING
Find"fault`ing, a.
Defn: Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [Obs.]
Whitlock.
FINDING
Find"ing, n.
1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc. When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton.
2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
3. (Law)
Defn: The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially
into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.
Burrill.
After his friends finding and his rent. Chaucer.