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

• bow
• bow and scrape
• bowat
• bowats
• bow-backed
• bowbent
• bow-boy
• bow-boys
• bow-compasses
• bowdlerisation
• bowdlerise
• bowdlerised
• bowdleriser
• bowdlerisers
• bowdlerises
• bowdlerising
• bowdlerism
• bowdlerization
• bowdlerizations
• bowdlerize
• bowdlerized
• bowdlerizer
• bowdlerizers
• bowdlerizes
• bowdlerizing