Masculine

decadente

Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) decaying, deteriorating, in decline
  2. (feminine, masculine) decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

Frequency

28k
Hyphenated as
de‧ca‧den‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dekaˈdente/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Late Latin decadentem, from decadō, or from Spanish decadencia. Compare French décadent.

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