Decade | n. [ F. décade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. de`ka ten. See Ten. ] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [ Written also decad. ] [ 1913 Webster ] During this notable decade of years. Gladstone. |
Decadency | { } n. [ LL. decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. décadence. See Decay. ] A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. “The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Decadence |
Decadent | n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers. The decadents and æsthetes, and certain types of realists. C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by “decadents”. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Decadent | a. Decaying; deteriorating. [ 1913 Webster ] |
代 | [だい, dai] (n, n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (2) (See 台・だい・6) generation; age; reign; (3) (geological) era; (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (5) (See 代表電話番号) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; (ctr) (6) (See 台・だい・6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (8) (abbr) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company #376 [Add to Longdo] |
台 | [だい, dai] (n, n-suf) (1) stand; rack; table; (2) support; (3) belt; (ctr) (4) counter for machines, incl. vehicles; (n) (5) setting (e.g. in jewellery); (n, n-suf, ctr) (6) (See 代・だい・2, 代・だい・6) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life); (P) #686 [Add to Longdo] |
路 | [じ, ji] (suf) (1) route; road; (2) distance travelled in a day; (3) (See 七十路) (with decade) one's ....; age .... #1,216 [Add to Longdo] |
桁 | [けた, keta] (n) (1) column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard; (2) digit; decade; order of magnitude; (P) #4,623 [Add to Longdo] |
10個1組;十個一組 | [じっこひとくみ;じっこいちくみ, jikkohitokumi ; jikkoichikumi] (n) { comp } decade [Add to Longdo] |
デカダン | [dekadan] (adj-na) decadent (fre [Add to Longdo] |
デカダンス | [dekadansu] (n) decadence (fre [Add to Longdo] |
一昔 | [ひとむかし, hitomukashi] (n) ages; long time; decade; the past ten years; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
歳代 | [さいだい, saidai] (suf) decade (of age); the ...ties [Add to Longdo] |
十年 | [じゅうねん, juunen] (n) ten years; decade [Add to Longdo] |