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decaying

English

Etymology

decay +? -ing

Verb

decaying

  1. present participle of decay

Noun

decaying (plural decayings)

  1. The process of undergoing decay.
    • 1839, William Jenkyn, James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude, page 274:
      Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.

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depraved

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?e?vd/

Verb

depraved

  1. simple past tense and past participle of deprave

Adjective

depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)

  1. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
  2. (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
    • 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
      There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal []

Derived terms

  • depraved-heart murder
  • depravedly
  • depravedness

Related terms

  • deprave
  • depravity

Translations

Anagrams

  • pervaded

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