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Added 7 October 2026

fine

/ˈfaɪ̯n/ adjective

In Latin: lautus, mundus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
You're a fine one to talk about laziness.

adverb

Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
Everything worked out fine.
Finely; elegantly; delicately.
In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.

interjection

Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.

noun

Fine champagne; French brandy.
Something that is fine; fine particles.
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

Origin

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

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