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degenerate
English
Etymology
From Latin d?gener?tus, perfect passive participle of d?gener? (“to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality”), from d?gener (“inferior to one’s predecessors”), from d?- (“off, away from”) +? genus (“birth, descent”); see genus.
Analyzable as de- +? generate
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /d??d??n???t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /d??d??n??e?t/
Adjective
degenerate (comparative more degenerate, superlative most degenerate)
- (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
- faint-hearted and degenerate king
- (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Verses on St. Patrick's Well
- As you grew more degenerate and base, I sent you millions of the croaking race
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Verses on St. Patrick's Well
- (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
- The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.
- (mathematics, of an eigenvalue) Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.
- (physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
Derived terms
- (physics) degenerate matter
Translations
Noun
degenerate (plural degenerates)
- One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
- In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.
Translations
Verb
degenerate (third-person singular simple present degenerates, present participle degenerating, simple past and past participle degenerated)
- (intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
- His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
- 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
- (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
Derived terms
- degeneration
Translations
References
Further reading
- degenerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- degenerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Adjective
degenerate
- feminine plural of degenerato
Noun
degenerate f
- plural of degenerata
Verb
degenerate
- inflection of degenerare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
degenerate
- feminine plural of degenerato
Latin
Verb
d?gener?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?gener?
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degenerative
English
Etymology
degenerate +? -ive
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??n(?)??t?v/
Adjective
degenerative (comparative more degenerative, superlative most degenerative)
- Characterized by or causing degeneration.
Related terms
- degenerate
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
degenerative
- inflection of degenerativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
Adjective
degenerative (not comparable)
- degenerative
Italian
Adjective
degenerative
- feminine plural of degenerativo
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