decadent
Meanings
Adjective
- Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- Luxuriously self-indulgent.
Noun
- A person affected by moral decay.
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Origin
- From French décadent, back-formation from décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadens, present participle of decadō. Cognate with French décadent.
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