pendent
Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspendedDangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
Meaning
6 sensesDangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
hängend, aufgehängt, schwebend
held from above and hanging down
Pending (in various senses).
Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
(obsolete)Projecting over something; overhanging.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pFrom Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.
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Forms
more pendent, most pendent| Comparative | more pendent Lesson |
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| Superlative | most pendent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form