Pendent Definition

pendənt
adjective
Hanging; suspended.
Webster's New World
Overhanging.
Webster's New World
Undecided; pending.
Webster's New World

(grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.

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Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of pendant.

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Other Word Forms of Pendent

Noun

Singular:
pendent
Plural:
pendents

Origin of Pendent

  • Middle English pendant (influenced by Latin pendēns pendent-) (present participle of pendēre to hang) from Old French pendant1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin pendens, pendentis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Compare pendant. From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Old French pendant.

    From Wiktionary

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