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decadently
Variant of decadent
adjective
in a state of decline; characterized by decadence
noun
- a decadent person, esp. a writer or artist active in a period of decadence
- any of a group of late-19th-cent., chiefly French writers characterized by a highly mannered style and an emphasis on the morbid and perverse
Related Forms:
- decadently adverb
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