pendulous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendō (“to hang down”).

Adjective

pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous)

1. hanging as if from a support
2. indecisive or hesitant
3. (biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

Translations

hanging down

• Finnish: riippuva (fi), roikkuva (fi)
• Latin: pendulus
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• Maori: hāwere, hauwere