dec·a·dent /ˈdɛkədənt ||dɪˈke-/
(a.)衰微的,頹廢的頹廢派
De·ca·dent a. Decaying; deteriorating.
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.
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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)