Story highlights. Michael Skakel, a Kennedy relative convicted of the 1975 murder of a 15-year-old neighbor, walked out of a Connecticut courthouse Thursday on bail.
In England the Decadents were 1890s figures such as Arthur Symons (âthe blond angelâ), Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dowson, and Lionel Johnson, who were members of the Rhymersâ Club or contributors to The Yellow Book.
A decadent dessert. A decadent dessert. The definition of decadent is something in a state of decline or something that is luxurious and self-indulgent. An example of a decadent desert is a gigantic piece of expensive chocolate cake. 1  in a state of decline; characterized by decadence. 2  lavishly or sensually self-indulgent.