pendent
Americanadjective
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hanging or suspended.
a pendent lamp.
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overhanging; jutting; projecting.
pendent cliffs.
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undecided; undetermined; pending.
a lawsuit that is still pendent.
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adjective
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Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The species of this genus have male inflorescences, clusters of flowers on branches, that are pendent and nectarless, which has made scientists assume they are pollinated by wind.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Appropriately, her necklace had a pendent of scissors dangling from it.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2015
They arranged elaborate hedging strategies for airlines de- pendent on cheap jet fuel, charging fees for their advice along the way, and they lent capital to hedge-fund traders, pocketing inter- est and fees in return.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 4, 2014
A practical man, he also recognized that there was no public for that kind of music, and he was far too inde pendent to try to change his style.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one answered; but a form emerged from the closet; it took the light, held it aloft, and surveyed the garments pendent from the portmanteau.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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