Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pendent

/ˈpɛndənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: pen-dent
IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

adj

Pending (in various senses).

adj

Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.

adj

Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.

adj

Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.

adj

Projecting over something; overhanging.

Obsolete

noun

Alternative spelling of pendant.

Example Sentences

"Now had they brought the work by wondrous Art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent Rock / Over the vext Abyſs, […]"
"Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; […]"
"The doctor's head [...] was framed in the golden semi-circle of a wig with long pendent curls that touched his shoulders […]"
"An interesting development has been the analysis of the image of a pendent drop by a video digitizer."
"Jandrell, Sa. three buckles, the tongues pendent ar. two and a one."
"Az. a chev. or, betw. three acorns, pendent, Kymberlee."

Etymology

From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *(s)pend-, pendaunt, pendēns

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpɛndənt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more pendent (comparative) most pendent (superlative) pendents (plural)

Derived Forms

pendently semipendent

Phrases

pendent jurisdiction

Frequently Paired Words

pendentive

Synonyms

pendant dependent chandelier

Homonyms

pendant

Rhymes With

superintendent pendant descendant ascendant splendent

Questions

How do you pronounce pendent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛndənt/.
What does pendent mean?: Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
Where does pendent come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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