decadence+decay
1Decadence (band) — Decadence Origin Stockholm, Sweden Genres Thrash metal Death metal Years active 2003 – present Labels HTI Records Massacre Records …
2DÉCADENCE (IDÉE DE) — Longtemps hantée par le déclin et la chute de l’Empire romain d’Occident, la réflexion sur la décadence est solidaire d’une méditation sur l’Histoire dans laquelle elle s’inscrit. Elle l’est également de spéculations sur le destin des… …
3Decadence — De*ca dence, Decadency De*ca den*cy, n. [LL. decadentia; L. de + cadere to fall: cf. F. d[ e]cadence. See {Decay}.] A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence. Sir W. Scott. [1913… …
4decadence — (n.) 1540s, from M.Fr. décadence (early 15c.), from M.L. decadentia decay, from decadentem (nom. decadens) decaying, prp. of decadere to decay, from L. de apart, down (see DE (Cf. de )) + cadere to fall (see …
5decay — [dē kā′, dikā′] vi. [ME decaien < Anglo Fr & OFr decäir < VL * decadere: see DECADENCE] 1. to lose strength, soundness, health, beauty, prosperity, etc. gradually; waste away; deteriorate 2. to rot or decompose 3. to undergo radioactive… …
6decadence — [dek′ədən sēdek′ə dəns; ] also [ di kād′ ns] n. [Fr décadence, a falling away < ML decadentia < prp. of VL * decadere, to fall away < L de , from + cadere, to fall: see CASE1] a process, condition, or period of decline, as in morals, art …
7decay — [n] breaking down, collapse adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration,… …
8decadence — [n] perversion; deterioration of morality corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, devolution, dissipation, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, evil, excess, fall, gluttony, incontinence,… …
9decay — [15] The notion underlying decay and its close relative decadence is of a ‘falling off’ from 153 decline a condition of health or perfection. Decay comes from Old Northern French decair, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, which in turn came… …
10decay — [15] The notion underlying decay and its close relative decadence is of a ‘falling off’ from a condition of health or perfection. Decay comes from Old Northern French decair, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, which in turn came from Latin… …
