Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
Wow, I didn't know that! I wonder how it came to be used in reference to desserts.
Full definitions:

adjective:
1. characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.
synonyms: dissolute, dissipated, degenerate, corrupt, depraved, sinful, unprincipled, immoral;

luxuriously self-indulgent "a decadent soak in a scented bath"


noun
noun: decadent; plural noun: decadents
1. a person who is luxuriously self-indulgent.

a member of a group of late-19th-century French and English poets associated with the Aesthetic Movement.

But I never see it used as a noun!


cassiesmom: I always have known the positive connotation of fluke, but I also think of the parasitic flatworm that is called a fluke ...! Yes, I have an odd brain!