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Pendent

//ˈpɛndənt// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Pending (in various senses).
  3. 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. 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. 5
    Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
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  1. 6
    Projecting over something; overhanging. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    held from above and hanging down wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of pendant. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling wordnet
  3. 3
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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