pendent
[ pen-duh nt ]
/ ˈpɛn dənt /
adjective Also pendant.
hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
noun
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Origin of pendent
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; see pendant
OTHER WORDS FROM pendent
Words nearby pendent
pend oreille, penda, pendant, pendelikon, pendency, pendent, pendente lite, pendentive, penderecki, pending, pendleton
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British Dictionary definitions for pendent
pendent
/ (ˈpɛndənt) /
adjective
dangling
jutting
(of a grammatical construction) incompletea pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
a less common word for pending (def. 2), pending (def. 3)
noun
a variant spelling of pendant
Derived forms of pendent
pendency, nounpendently, adverbWord Origin for pendent
C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant
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