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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.



noun

pendent

/ ˈɛԻəԳ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a variant spelling of pendant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԻԳ, noun
  • ˈԻԳٱ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pendent1

1275–1325; < Latin pendent- (stem of ԻŧԲ ), present participle of Իŧ to hang; replacing Middle English pendaunt < Anglo-French ( Old French pendant ), present participle of pendre < Latin Իŧ; pendant
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pendent1

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

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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.

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

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

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

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