Pendent
/ˈpɛndənt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of pendant. alt-of, alternative
- 2 branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling wordnet
- 3 an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
"Now had they brought the work by wondrous Art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent Rock / Over the vext Abyſs, […]"
- 2 Pending (in various senses).
- 3 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.
- 4 Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
"Jandrell, Sa. three buckles, the tongues pendent ar. two and a one."
- 5 Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
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- 6 Projecting over something; overhanging. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 held from above and hanging down wordnet
Example
More examples"These, horsed astride / a surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; / to those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, / lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide."
Etymology
From 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.