Degenerate Meaning. What does degenerate mean. From Latin degeneratus past participle of degenerare to be inferior to ones ancestors to become unlike ones race or kind fall from ancestral quality.
Synonym Discussion of degenerate. Unrestrained by convention or morality Synonyms. Doctors may also refer to it as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease.
Used of physical as well as moral qualities from phrase de genere from de off away from.
Noun An example of a degenerate is a. Used of physical as well as moral qualities from phrase de genere from de off away from. Behaviour that shows very low moral standards. See de- genus genitive generis.
