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décadent

adjective

decaying, deteriorating, in decline; decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

Back-formation from décadence; see -ent. Compare Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō.

noun, masculineplural: décadents

decadent

Back-formation from décadence; see -ent. Compare Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō.

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