degenerous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEGENEROUS, adjective 1. Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ancestors. Hence, 2. Low; base; mean; unworthy; as a degenerous passion.
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