a. nonce-wd. [f. L. fīni-s end + fug-a flight + -AL.] Of or pertaining to shunning the end (of anything).
1883. L. A. Tollemache, in Jrnl. Educ., 1 Sept., 307. In modern as well as in ancient times, the finifugal tendency, as we may call it, is apparent.
