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DECADENT –
adjective 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.

noun 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.