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decadent

de·ca·dent

UK/ˈdɛkədənt/ US/ˈdɛkʌdʌnt/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

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marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

  • “a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility”
  • “a group of effete self-professed intellectuals”
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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”).

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