Decadent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Decadent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Decadent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decadent adj 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" Synonym(s): decadent, effete n a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decadent \De*ca"dent\, a. Decaying; deteriorating.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decadent \De*ca"dent\, n. 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 [91]sthetes, and certain types of realists. --C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by [bd]decadents[b8]. --The Century.