nominativus pendens

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English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nominativus (nominative case) + pendens (hanging, waiting)

Noun

nominativus pendens

  1. (grammar) A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
  2. (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a construction.

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