Decadent

a.	1.	Decaying; deteriorating.
n.	1.	One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; - specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers. The decadents and æsthetes, and certain types of realists. - C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by "decadents". - The Century.

Noun	1.	decadent - a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
Adj.	1.	decadent - 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" Synonyms: effete

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