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Yes. The word decadent is a Scrabble US word. The word decadent is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is decadent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word decadent is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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8-letter words (2 found)

DECADENT,DECANTED,

7-letter words (1 found)

ENACTED,

6-letter words (15 found)

ANTEED,CADENT,CANTED,CETANE,DANCED,DANTED,DEADEN,DEANED,DECADE,DECANE,DECANT,DECENT,DENTED,TENACE,TENDED,

5-letter words (21 found)

ACNED,ACTED,ANTED,CADEE,CADET,CANED,CEDED,CTENE,DANCE,DATED,DECAD,DECAN,DENET,EANED,EATEN,ENACT,ENATE,ENDED,TEADE,TEAED,TEEND,

4-letter words (35 found)

ACED,ACNE,ANCE,ANTE,CADE,CANE,CANT,CATE,CEDE,CENT,CETE,DACE,DANT,DATE,DEAD,DEAN,DEED,DEEN,DEET,DENE,DENT,ECAD,ETEN,ETNA,NEAT,NEED,NETE,TACE,TAED,TANE,TEAD,TEED,TEEN,TEND,TENE,

3-letter words (35 found)

ACE,ACT,ADD,AND,ANE,ANT,ATE,CAD,CAN,CAT,CEE,DAD,DAE,DAN,DEE,DEN,EAN,EAT,EEN,END,ENE,ETA,NAE,NAT,NED,NEE,NET,TAD,TAE,TAN,TEA,TEC,TED,TEE,TEN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AN,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EN,ET,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 125 words from decadent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of decadent

decadent

Alternative forms

  • décadent

Etymology

From French décadent, back-formation from décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Late Latin decadens, present participle of decadō (“sink, fall”). Cognate with French décadent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛkədənt/

Adjective

decadent (comparative more decadent, superlative most decadent)

  1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
  2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.
    • 2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
      Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

Synonyms

  • (luxuriously self-indulgent): sinful (colloquial)

Derived terms

  • decadently

Related terms

  • decadence

Translations

Noun

decadent (plural decadents)

  1. A person affected by moral decay.
    • L. Douglas
      He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • decanted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēcadentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [də.kəˈðen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.kəˈðent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [de.kaˈðent]

Adjective

decadent m or f (masculine and feminine plural decadents)

  1. decaying, deteriorating, in decline
  2. decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

Related terms

  • decadència
  • decaure

Further reading

  • “decadent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “decadent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “decadent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “decadent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décadent.

Adjective

decadent m or n (feminine singular decadentă, masculine plural decadenți, feminine and neuter plural decadente)

  1. decadent

Declension

Related terms

  • decadență

Source: wiktionary.org