pendu

/ ˈbɛnduː /

adjective

Origin of pendu¹

C21: from Punjabi pind village

At the Prtre Pendu he sank gratefully into a chair, covered the table with his arms, and plunged moodily into his thoughts.

Il ne faut point parler de corde dans la famille d'un pendu—Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged.

Il avoit a son cou un riche cor, lequel estoit pendu a deux riches attaches de fin or.

At id, de un faict pendu en le smoak, nunquam audivi titillatum melius.

A secondary definition is: “Le petit tableau pendu à une boutique.”

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