decadence /dekˈə-dəns/ or decadency /-i/

1. State of decay
2. A decline from a superior state, standard or time
3. Applied to a school in late 19c French literature, the symbolists, and their like

decˈadent adjective

1. Decaying, declining
2. Lacking in moral and physical vigour
3. Symbolist (see above)

1. A degenerate person
2. A symbolist (see above)

decˈadently adverb

• costumes
• costumier
• costumiers
• costuming
• costus
• costus arabicus
• costuses
• costus-root
• cost what may
• cosy
• cosy along
• cosying
• cosy up
• così fan tutte
• cot
• Cot
• cotangent
• cotangents
• cot case
• cot cases
• cot death
• cot deaths
• cote
• coteau
• coteaux