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to grow worse; or describing a person or situation that is worse in the sense of deviating from what is socially acceptable
- How then could he have begotten a son like Nwoye, degenerate and effeminate?p. 153.6
degenerate = different from what is socially acceptable
(editor's note: In this context, effeminate means unmanly.)
(editor's note: In this context, effeminate means unmanly.)
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