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   decadent

   /ˈdɛkəd(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline: "a decaying, decadent Britain"
   • ▪ luxuriously self-indulgent: "a decadent soak in a scented bath"

   noun

   • 1. a person who is luxuriously self-indulgent: "for half a million dollars, he offers rich decadents the chance to lead a deadly safari"
   • ▪ a member of a group of late 19th-century French and English poets associated with the Aesthetic Movement.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from French décadent, from medieval Latin decadentia (see decadence).

   Derivatives

   • 1. decadently adverb

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