finitude

[ fin-i-tood, -tyood, fahy-ni- ]

noun

1. a finite state or quality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of finitude¹

First recorded in 1635–45; fini(te) + -tude

Example Sentences

It’s one thing to intellectually understand the finitude of our lives and another to actually live it out.

From New York Times

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were finitude, infinitude, unfitted and unidentified.

From New York Times

But, as the artist reminds us, life’s finitude is precisely what makes it meaningful — making it a little bit easier to acknowledge, and even accept, the precariousness in all of our lives.

From Los Angeles Times

“I guess the type I like is the one working with classic questions about our finitude and limitations as humans.”

From Washington Post

Where “G.O.Y.K.” imagines a way around the finitude of the body, “Poog” hopes that one might find a way to live within it.

From New York Times