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.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word decadent. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: decadent(adj) a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) decadent, effete(adj) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay. a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility; a group of effete self-professed intellectuals. decadent(Noun) A person affected by moral decay.