ˈpenjələs, -nd(y)əl- adjective
Etymology: Latin pendulus, from pendēre to hang — more at pendant
1.
a. obsolete : suspended or projecting so as to overhang
b. archaic : poised without visible support
2.
a. : suspended so as to swing freely
branches hung with pendulous vines
b. : inclined or hanging downward : drooping
a pendulous ovule on the upper part of a carpel
a corpulent old man with flabby, pendulous jowls
3. : wavering, vacillating
a state of pendulous uncertainty
• pen·du·lous·ly adverb
• pen·du·lous·ness noun -es