Decadent

0 Hello Antonia 02br
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00It means 'so luxurious, it's reminiscent of the foodstuffs you would normally associate with a decadent era'. 02br
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00Oatcakes and mineral water: Spartan. Lark's tongues in aspic: decadent. 02br
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0 I get the mental picture, thanks 0-

0 But here it means "fall", isn't it? 02br
00Fine chocolate is divine, but a forklift full of Raspberry Goddess Fudge Truffles is death by decadence. 0-

0 '' Almonds and bittersweet chocolate provide a rich, decadent taste in every bite.'' 02br
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0 Hello LL 02br
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00I think 'decadence' could only mean 'fall' in the metaphorical sense of a 'falling away'. That's the metaphor behind the use of 'decadence' as a description of the state of a society: it has 'fallen away' from its previous (high) standards. 02br
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0 Thanks Mr. P, 02br
00Though your explenation is clear, I can't still figure out the meaning of "death by decadence" and the following examples taken from the Cobuild dictionary. (You know, I'm a bit slow ....) 02br
00I think the first sentence implies the murderers killed for pleasure. Right? Does the second mean that the play referre to the decadence and atomosphere af

0 "characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence" (websters) 02br
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00Showing a puritanical streak, Mr P.? You need to eat more Raspberry Goddess Fudge Truffles050010id4

0 Hello LL 02br
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00"Death by decadence" – this would be a whimsical use of the term, i.e. 'Death by over-indulgence', 'death by overluxuriousness'. 02br
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001. That's right; some might say that a characteristic of Roman 'decadence', for instance, was indulgence in cruelty for the sake of entertainment. 02br
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002. Here I thin

0 Thanks MrP, This is LL, I'm not using my own computer. Your defintion was helpful. 0-

0Oh, I see you are undercover now..05000)010id1