PENDENT


Meaning of PENDENT in English

I. adjective

or pen·dant ˈpendənt

Etymology: Middle English pendaunt — more at pendant

1.

a. : supported from above : suspended

vines bearing pendent bunches of grapes

a plant with a pendent blossom

icicles pendent from the eaves

b. archaic : hanging without visible support : floating

blown … round about the pendent world — Shakespeare

2. : sloping steeply down

a pendent hillside

3. : jutting or leaning over : overhanging

a pendent cliff

4. : remaining undetermined : pending

a claim still pendent

5. : marked by incomplete grammatical construction

II.

variant of pendant

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.