Pendent

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpÉ›ndÉ™nt/

Origin

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

Full definition of pendent

Adjective

1. Dangling, drooping or suspended.
• 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 71:The doctor's head ... was framed in the golden semi-circle of a wig with long pendent curls that touched his shoulders ...
• 1986, Bryant W Rossiter, Roger C Baetzold, Investigations of Surfaces and InterfacesAn interesting development has been the analysis of the image of a pendent drop by a video digitizer.
2. pending in various senses.
3. (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
4. (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of pendant----