Pendulous Definition

pĕnjə-ləs, pĕndyə-, -də-
adjective
Hanging freely or loosely; suspended so as to swing.
Webster's New World
Hanging or bending downward; drooping.
Webster's New World
Vacillating; uncertain.
Webster's New World

Hanging as if from a support.

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Origin of Pendulous

  • From Latin pendulus from pendēre to hang (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pendulous Sentence Examples

  • Basset hounds are long and crooked-legged dogs, with pendulous ears.

  • The flowers are borne in long pendulous racemes, and the two wings of the fruit are ascending.

  • They are shrubs or low trees with evergreen or nearly evergreen opposite entire leaves, and dense clusters of small, white, tubular four-parted flowers, enclosing two stamens and succeeded by small, globular, usually black berries, each with a single pendulous seed.

  • Mastiffs are powerful, heavily built dogs, with short muzzles, frequently protruding lower jaws, skulls raised above the eyes, ears erect or pendulous, pendulous upper lips, short coats and thin tails.

  • The Nepal goat appears to be a variety of the Nubian breed, having the same arched facial line, pendulous ears and long legs.

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