Pendulous
/ˈpɛndjʊləs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
"The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a woman holding a bison horn." With her large pendulous breasts, great stomach, and immense hips, this Paleolithic Madonna is of a type found with countless other figurines in excavations from Spain to the Soviet Union."
- 2 Indecisive or hesitant
- 3 Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
Adjective
- 1 having branches or flower heads that bend downward wordnet
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More examples"The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a woman holding a bison horn." With her large pendulous breasts, great stomach, and immense hips, this Paleolithic Madonna is of a type found with countless other figurines in excavations from Spain to the Soviet Union."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“I hang”).