Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
decadent
(adjective) luxuriously self-indulgent; “I spent a decadent day at a spa”
decadent, fin-de-siecle
(adjective) 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 who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decadent (comparative more decadent, superlative most decadent)
Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
Luxuriously self-indulgent.
• Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
• (luxuriously self-indulgent): sinful (colloquial)
decadent (plural decadents)
A person affected by moral decay.
• L. Douglas
• decanted
Source: Wiktionary
De*ca"dent, a.
Definition: Decaying; deteriorating.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.