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Definitions for Pendent

[1] hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp.
[2] overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs.
[3] undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent.
[4] impending.
[5] pendant.
[6] dangling
[7] jutting
[8] (of a grammatical construction) incomplete a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
[9] a less common word for pending (def. 2), pending (def. 3)
[10] a variant spelling of pendant

Words related to Pendent

undetermined, unclear, uncertain, hesitant, doubtful, uncommitted, wavering, unsure, vague, ambivalent, problematic, unresolved, clouded, drooping, open, owing, moot, waffling, jutting, projecting

Words nearby Pendent

pend oreille, penda, pendant, pendelikon, pendency, pendent, pendente lite, pendentive, penderecki, pending, pendleton

Origin of Pendent

1275–1325; < Latin pendent- (stem of pendēns ), present participle of pendēre to hang; replacing Middle English pendaunt < Anglo-French (Old French pendant ), present participle of pendre < Latin pendēre; see pendant

Words that may be confused with Pendent

pendant, pendent, pennant, pundit

Other words from Pendent

pend·ent·ly , adverb
non·pend·ent , adjective
non·pend·ent·ly , adverb
sem·i·pend·ent , adjective
un·pend·ent , adjective

Word origin for Pendent

C15: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant

Synonyms for Pendent

dangling, dependent, drooping, pending, pendulant, pensile, suspended, swinging