degenerate (noun)

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• degenerate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having lost normal and desirable qualities; showing evidence of moral or physical decline. ► NOUN ▪ a morally degenerate person. ► VERB ▪ deteriorate physically or morally. DERIVATIVES degeneracy noun degenerately adverb …   English terms dictionary

• degenerate — I noun corrupt person, debased person, debauchee, decadent person, degraded person, depraved person, derelict, disreputable person, immoral person, pervert, rapscallion, recreant, scamp, scapegrace, transgressor, wastrel, worthless person II verb …   Law dictionary

• degenerate matter — noun matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle …   Wiktionary

• degenerate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English degenerat, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare to degenerate, from de + gener , genus race, kind more at kin Date: 15th century 1. a. having declined or become less specialized (as in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• degenerate — I UK [dɪˈdʒenəreɪt] / US [dɪˈdʒenəˌreɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms degenerate : present tense I/you/we/they degenerate he/she/it degenerates present participle degenerating past tense degenerated past participle degenerated to become worse… …   English dictionary

• degenerate — de|gen|er|ate1 [ dı dʒenə,reıt ] verb intransitive to become worse: The demonstration soon degenerated into violence. ╾ de|gen|er|a|tion / dI,dZenE reISn / noun uncount degenerate de|gen|er|ate 2 [ dı dʒen(ə)rət ] adjective 1. ) immoral: a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• degenerate — degenerates, degenerating, degenerated (The verb is pronounced [[t]dɪʤe̱nəreɪt[/t]]. The adjective and noun are pronounced [[t]dɪʤe̱nərət[/t]].) 1) VERB If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way …   English dictionary

• degenerate — verb (i) /dəˈdʒɛnəreɪt / (say duh jenuhrayt) (degenerated, degenerating) 1. to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. 2. Biology to revert to a less highly organised or simpler type. –adjective /dəˈdʒɛnərət / (say duh… …  

• degenerate — 1. adjective a) (of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to an undesirable and typically abnormal The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of… …   Wiktionary

• degenerate — {{11}}degenerate (adj.) late 15c., from L. degeneratus, pp. of degenerare to be inferior to one s ancestors, to become unlike one s race or kind, fall from ancestral quality, used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere,… …   Etymology dictionary

• degenerate — 1 verb (I) to become worse (+ into): The debate soon degenerated into petty squabbling. degeneration noun (U) 2 adjective 1 formal having become worse in character or quality than before: the last degenerate member of a noble family 2 having very …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English