Pendent

[pen-duh nt] /ˈpɛn dənt/

adjective, Also, .
1.
hanging or suspended:
a pendent lamp.
2.
overhanging; jutting; projecting:
pendent cliffs.
3.
undecided; undetermined; pending:
a lawsuit that is still pendent.
4.
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noun
5.
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/ˈpɛndənt/
adjective
1.
dangling
2.
jutting
3.
(of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
4.
a less common word for pending (sense 2), pending (sense 3)
noun
5.
a variant spelling of pendant
adj.

c.1600 respelling of Middle English pendaunt “hanging, overhanging” (late 14c., from Old French pendant; see pendant) on model of its Latin original, pendentem.

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