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