decayern.
/dɪˈkeɪə/ One who, or that which, causes decay; a waster.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying > one who or that which causes decay
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a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 47 Th'enmy of liff, decayer of all kynde.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 167 Your water is a sore decayer of your whorson dead body. View more context for this quotation
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 81 This Sheathing is an extraordinary decayer of the Iron-work.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 73. ¶12. Old Age is likewise a great Decayer of your Idol.
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