pendulous
Use Pendulous in a sentence
dʒə adjective
1.
hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
2.
swinging freely; oscillating.
3.
vacillating or undecided; wavering.
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| —adj | |
| hanging downwards, esp so as to swing from side to side | |
| [C17: from Latin pendulus, from pendēre to hang down] | |
| 'pendulously | |
| —adv | |
| 'pendulousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
pendulous
c.1605, from L. pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant).
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Example sentences
Showy white flowers, hanging in pendulous clusters from the branches, emerge in early spring along with the leaves.
Pendulous fruit clusters persist until late winter, becoming more conspicuous after the leaves have fallen.
But upstairs in the courtrooms, beneath the pendulous chandeliers and the oil portraits of former jurists, a hush prevails.
If the malignancy is in the pendulous urethra and is superficial, the potential for cure is high.
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