Both Uses of
decadent
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the unholy crimson glow that bathed them, his dark profile stood out as clearly as the head on an ancient coin, beautiful, cruel and decadent.†
Chpt 3.23 *
- Drink and dissipation had done their work on the coin-clean profile and now it was no longer the head of a young pagan prince on new-minted gold but a decadent, tired Caesar on copper debased by long usage.†
Chpt 5.63
Definition:
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(decadent) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay