decadent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Related terms 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from decadence, from Mediaeval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadens (“‘decadens’”), present participle of Late Latin decado (“‘sink, fall’”). Cognate with French décadent

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• IPA: /ˈdɛkədənt/, SAMPA: /"dEk@d@nt/

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decadent (comparative more decadent, superlative most decadent)

1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
   • Gore Vidal - The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (1992)

     As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
   • 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!

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decadent (plural decadents)

1. A person affected by moral decat

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[edit] Related terms

• decadence
• decay

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acddeent
• decanted