pendent
[ pen-duhnt ]
adjectiveAlso pendant.
hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
noun
Origin of pendent
11275–1325; <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
dangling
jutting
(of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
a less common word for pending (def. 2), pending (def. 3)
noun
a variant spelling of pendant
Origin of pendent
1C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant
Derived forms of pendent
- pendency, noun
- pendently, adverb
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