PENDULOUS


Meaning of PENDULOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ləs ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin pendulus, from pendēre to hang

Date: circa 1605

1. archaic : poised without visible support

2.

a. : suspended so as to swing freely

branches hung with pendulous vines

b. : inclined or hanging downward

pendulous jowls

3. : marked by vacillation, indecision, or uncertainty

• pen·du·lous·ness noun

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