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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dec·a·dent /ˈdɛkədənt ||dɪˈke-/
 (a.)衰微的,頹廢的頹廢派

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·ca·dent a. Decaying; deteriorating.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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 æsthetes, and certain types of realists.    --C. L. Dana.
    The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by =\“decadents.\=    --The Century.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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" [syn: effete]
      n : a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or
          artistically)