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pendeloques

pendeloques is the plural of pendeloque.

Meaning of pendeloque

Noun

pendeloque (plural pendeloques)

  1. (also, attributive) A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form.
    • [M]y eye was caught by the flashing of the emerald in my sister's ear, for she wore that day the suit of emeralds which had belonged to Jeanne de Consteil, who had married Raval de Pont de Vaux, which were of the brightest colour, and without flaw. A happy thought struck me; perhaps the urchin...1850, “an ex-hanger on of royalty” [pseudonym], “Souvenirs of Versailles, St. Cloud, Neuilly, and the Tuileries”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 176

Questions about pendeloques

What is pendeloques the plural of?
Pendeloques is the plural of pendeloque.

Words near pendeloques in the dictionary

  1. Pendell
  2. Pendells
  3. pendelluft
  4. pendellösung
  5. pendeloque
  6. pendeloques
  7. Pendelton
  8. Pendeltons
  9. Pendembu
  10. pendence
  11. pendency

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