DECADENT (2)

De‐ca″dent (?), 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.