(adj) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay, Syn.effete, Example: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility; a group of effete self-professed intellectuals
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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