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decadent

adj
/ˈdɛkədənt/

Etymology

From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

  1. derived from dē-
  2. derived from dēcadēns
  3. derived from dēcadentia
  4. derived from décadent

Definitions

  1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

  2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.

    • 2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

  3. A person affected by moral decay.

    • L. Douglas He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

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Derived

decadentism, decadently, nondecadent, undecadent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA