pendent

[ pen-duhnt ]
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adjectiveAlso pendant.
  1. hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.

  2. overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.

  1. undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.

noun

Origin of pendent

1
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

Other words from pendent

  • pend·ent·ly, adverb
  • non·pend·ent, adjective
  • non·pend·ent·ly, adverb
  • sem·i·pend·ent, adjective
  • un·pend·ent, adjective

Words that may be confused with pendent

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British Dictionary definitions for pendent

pendent

/ (ˈpɛndənt) /


adjective
  1. dangling

  2. jutting

  1. (of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb

  2. a less common word for pending (def. 2), pending (def. 3)

noun
  1. a variant spelling of pendant

Origin of pendent

1
C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant

Derived forms of pendent

  • pendency, noun
  • pendently, adverb

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