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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: degenerate
degenerate
adj : unrestrained by convention or morality;
“Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society”;
“deplorably dissipated
and degraded”;
“riotous living”;
“fast women” [syn:
debauched,
degraded,
dissipated,
dissolute,
libertine,
profligate,
riotous,
fast]
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
especially in sexual behavior [syn:
pervert,
deviant,
deviate]
v : grow worse;
“Her condition deteriorated”;
“Conditions in the
slums degenerated”;
“The discussion devolved into a
shouting match” [syn:
devolve,
deteriorate,
drop]
[ant:
recuperate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Degenerate
Degenerate
\De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Degenerated;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Degenerating.]
1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was
originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner,
or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to
deteriorate.
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When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into
insolence and impiety. --Tillotson.
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2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy
structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
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Degenerate
\De*gen"er*ate\, a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of
degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener
base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- +
genus race, kind. See
Kin relationship.]
Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state;
having declined in worth; having lost in goodness;
deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
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Faint-hearted and degenerate king. --Shak.
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A degenerate and degraded state. --Milton.
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Degenerate from their ancient blood. --Swift.
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These degenerate days. --Pope.
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I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art
thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine
unto me? --Jer. ii. 21.
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