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dənt adjective Also, pendant.
1.
hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
2.
overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
3.
undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
4.
noun
5.
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Origin:
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
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
Related forms
pend·ent·ly, adverb
non·pend·ent, adjective
non·pend·ent·ly, adverb
sem·i·pend·ent, adjective
un·pend·ent, adjective
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pendent (ˈpɛndənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | dangling |
| 2. | jutting |
| 3. | (of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb |
| 4. | pending a less common word for pending |
| —n | |
| 5. | a variant spelling of pendant |
| [C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see | |
| 'pendency | |
| —n | |
| 'pendently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
pendent
c.1600, respelling of M.E. pendaunt "hanging, overhanging" (see pendant) on model of its L. original, pendentem (nom. pendens), prp. of pendere "to hang."
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