degenerate

Definition

Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēgenerātus. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Example Sentences

• "faint-hearted and degenerate king"
• "But what can Cato do Againſt a World, a baſe degenerate World, That courts the Yoke, and bows the Neck to Cæſar?"
• "As you grew more degenerate and base, I sent you millions of the croaking race"