Associations to the word «Decadent»
Wiktionary
DECADENT, adjective. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
DECADENT, adjective. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
DECADENT, noun. A person affected by moral decay.
Dictionary definition
DECADENT, noun. A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically).
DECADENT, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.