pendulous
English
adj
Definitions
- hanging as if from a support
- indecisive or hesitant
- (biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pendulus (hanging, pendant, pendent).
Origin
Latin
pendulus
Gloss
hanging, pendant, pendent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abdomen English
- pendulous abdomen English
- pendulously English
- pendulousness English
- pendulum English
- *penditūra Latin
- pendulare Latin
- penduliflorus Latin
- pendulus Latin
- pendolo Italian
- pendulo Italian
- penzolare Italian
- penzolo Italian
- pendelen Dutch, Flemish
- pendel Norwegian Bokmål
- pendel Norwegian Nynorsk
- pendúll Icelandic
- pezull Albanian