- hanging; suspended
- overhanging
- undecided; pending
Origin of pendent
Middle English pendaunt: see pendantalt. sp. of pendant
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pendent
also pen·dant
adjective
- Hanging down; dangling; suspended.
- Projecting; overhanging.
- Awaiting settlement; pending.
Origin of pendent
Middle English pendant ( influenced by Latin pendēns pendent-) ( present participle of pendēre to hang ) from Old French; see pendant 1.Related Forms:
- pen′dent·ly
adverb
noun
Variant of pendant1
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Adjective
(comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent)
- Dangling, drooping or suspended.
- pending in various senses.
- (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
Origin
Latin pendens, pendentis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Compare pendant. From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Old French pendant.
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