pendent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pend=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

pendent, a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.].

•  Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle."  [1913 Webster]
•  Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pendent, adj. (also pendant)
1 a hanging. b overhanging.
2 undecided; pending.
3 Gram. (esp. of a sentence) incomplete; not having a finite verb (pendent nominative).

Derivative

pendency n.

Etymology

ME (as PENDANT)

THESAURUS

pendent

at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent, dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing, hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile, suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold, up for grabs, weeping

ROGET THESAURUS

pendent

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.