| 单词 |
decadency |
| 释义 |
decadency|ˈdɛkədənsɪ, dɪˈkeɪdənsɪ| Also 7 decaydency. [f. as prec. with suffix -ency.] Decaying condition: also = prec.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 132 The infirmitie and decadency of the King. 1685F. Spence House of Medici 239 During the decaydency and restauration of the Roman empire. 1777Misc. in Ann. Reg. 189/2 The causes of the decadency of an empire. 1779Swinburne Trav. Spain xliv. (T.), Burgos..long since abandoned by its princes to obscurity and decadency. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXIV. 14 Of a cadaverous man the decay, of a paralytic man the decadency, is sensible. 1844Fraser's Mag. XXIX. 313 He enumerated all the causes of the Spanish decadency. |

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