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.

4. impending.

noun

1. pendant.

pendent

/ ˈpɛndənt /

adjective

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

   a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb

4. See pending
   a less common word for pending pending

noun

1. See pendant
   a variant spelling of pendant

Derived Forms

• ˈpendently, adverb
• ˈpendency, noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pendent¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• dangling
• hanging
• overhanging
• pendant
• pendulous
• pensile