[dek-uh-duh
nt, di-keyd-nt] 
| 1. | characterized by decadence, esp. culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility. |
| 2. | (often initial capital letter) of or like the decadents. |
| 3. | a person who is decadent. |
| 4. | (often initial capital letter) one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content. |
| dec·a·dent (děk'ə-dənt, dĭ-kād'nt) adj.
[French décadent, back-formation from décadence, decadence; see decadence.] dec'a·dent·ly adv. |