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. a less common word for pending pending

noun

1. a variant spelling of pendant

Derived Forms

• ˈpendency, noun
• ˈpendently, adverb

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 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

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 Literature

Separatists pendent their own groups who seek to become independent of the nation that has power over them and to form their own government.

From Literature

To complete the ensemble, Spears wore a beaded necklace with an arrowhead-shaped pendent.

From Fox News

From a single, pendent stalk, pollinated female flowers are forming the familiar bunches of bananas, but they’re small and green.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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