Category:Pendent

Pend"ent, a. Etym: [l. pendens, -entis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to Be suspended. Cf. Pendant.]

1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; As, a pendent leaf. "the pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. "a vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock." Shak.