Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Degeneracy (a.) The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
(2) - Degeneracy (a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.

(1) - Degenerate (v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
(2) - Degenerate (v. i.) 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.
(3) - Degenerate (a.) 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.