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decadent

1. de.ca.dent \'dek-*d-*nt, di-'ka-d-*nt\ aj [back-formation fr. decadence] 
   1: marked by decay or decline  2: of, relating to, or having the 
   characteristics of the decadents  - de.ca.dent.ly av
2. decadent n 1: one that is decadent  2: one of a group of late 19th 
   century French and English writers tending t oward artificial and abnormal 
   subjects and subtilized style