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Adjective: decadent  de-ku-dunt
  1. Luxuriously self-indulgent
    "I spent a decadent day at a spa"
     
  2. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
    "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility";
    - fin-de-siecle, fin-de-siècle
Noun: decadent  de-ku-dunt
  1. A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
    "The once-great artist had become a decadent, producing only derivative works"

Derived forms: decadents

See also: immoral, indulgent

Type of: bad person

Encyclopedia: Decadent