Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hanging loosely; suspended so as to swing or sway.
- adjective Wavering; undecided.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hanging loosely or swinging freely from a fixed point above; hanging; swinging; loosely pendent: as, pendulous ears.
- In zoology, specifically applied — To the pensile nests of birds, which hang like a purse or pouch from the support.
- To the penis, clitoris, or scrotum when loosely hanging from the perineum or abdomen, as in various monkeys, marsupials, etc.
- In botany, same as
pendent , more especially when the flexure is from weakness of the support. - In suspense; wavering; doubting; undecided.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
- adjective rare Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
- adjective (Bot.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
hanging as if from asupport - adjective
indecisive orhesitant - adjective biology having
branches etc. thatbend downwards ;drooping orweeping
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having branches or flower heads that bend downward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The upper lip may hang pendulous, which is due to the want of nervous stimulus.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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Other complications, such as pendulous tits or projections, from one-fourth to one and a half inches in length, are attendant upon fistula.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Some killer CraigsList What The Effies for you: just want big boobs, he likes them "pendulous" and "disproportionately large."
The Burgh Blog 2008
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I saw pieces of buttocks and mountainous thighs and pendulous abdomens emerging.
Powdered Sugar on Bare Skin Jerry Ratch 2011
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The birds bent the tree branches from which they hung, pendulous ornaments, their amber eyes like glass beads.
Bone Hinge 2010
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“Yes, our parties were the best,” he sniffed, squinting down his pendulous nose.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Some of these “conservative” gay bashers should be fitted for bras, given their own very unmasculine bodies and pendulous he-boobies.
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If I was a compact little person and did not fear knocking over coffee mugs with my pendulous boobs, I might enjoy doffing my clothing while going about my day.
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She continued tirelessly, painting with pessimistic strokes the growing black future her husband was meditating for her, while the boy, fearful of some vague, incomprehensible catastrophe, began to weep silently, with a pendulous, trembling underlip.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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“Yes, our parties were the best,” he sniffed, squinting down his pendulous nose.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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