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decˇaˇdent  audio  (dk-dnt, d-kdnt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Being in a state of decline or decay.
  2. Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.
  3. often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.
NOUN:
  1. A person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay.
  2. often Decadent A member of the Decadence movement.
ETYMOLOGY:
French décadent, back-formation from décadence, decadence ; see decadence

OTHER FORMS:
decaˇdentˇly(Adverb)


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