pendent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/

Adjective

pendent (comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent)

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 [...].

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

pendent (plural pendents)

1. Alternative spelling of pendant.

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French

Verb

pendent

1. third-person plural present indicative of pendre
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of pendre

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Latin

Verb

pendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of pendō