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pendent

[ pen-duh nt ]
/ ˈpɛn dənt /
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adjective Also pendant.

hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
impending.

noun

pendant.

RELATED WORDS

undetermined, unclear, uncertain, hesitant, doubtful, uncommitted, wavering, unsure, vague, ambivalent, problematic, unresolved, clouded, drooping, open, owing, moot, waffling, jutting, projecting

Nearby words

pend oreille, penda, pendant, pendelikon, pendency, pendent, pendente lite, pendentive, penderecki, pending, pendleton

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

Related forms

Can be confused

pendant pendent pennant pundit
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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

pendency, nounpendently, adverb

Word Origin for pendent

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