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View synonyms for pendent

pendent

[ pen-duhnt ]

adjective

  1. hanging or suspended:

    a pendent lamp.

  2. overhanging; jutting; projecting:

    pendent cliffs.

  3. undecided; undetermined; pending:

    a lawsuit that is still pendent.



noun

pendent

/ ˈpɛndənt /

adjective

  1. dangling
  2. jutting
  3. (of a grammatical construction) incomplete

    a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb

  4. a less common word for pending pending
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a variant spelling of pendant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈpendency, noun
  • ˈpendently, adverb
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Other Words From

  • pendent·ly adverb
  • non·pendent adjective
  • non·pendent·ly adverb
  • semi·pendent adjective
  • un·pendent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pendent1

1275–1325; < Latin pendent- (stem of pendēns ), present participle of pendēre to hang; replacing Middle English pendaunt < Anglo-French ( Old French pendant ), present participle of pendre < Latin pendēre; pendant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pendent1

C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant
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Example Sentences

The large soft leaves and the pendent moss of the oaks were gray with dust, but the shade was cool and delicious.

Opening a cupboard door, Kilfane revealed a number of pendent, ragged garments, and two more bowler hats.

Some even went 'jusqu' l'Arbre sec, Ou li oisel pendent au bec.'

Cf. 'blown with restless violence round about The pendent world'; Meas.

At this the door flew open and a skinny woman appeared, her homespun frock pendent with tow-headed urchins.

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