pendulous
Syllables: pen·du·lous/ˈpɛndjʊləs/US/ˈpɛndʒələs/
pendulous adjective: hanging from, or as if from, a support.
Adjective
pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous)
- Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
- The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a woman holding a bison horn." With her large pendulous breasts, great stomach, and immense hips, this Paleolithic Madonna is of a type found with countless other figurines in excavations from Spain to the Soviet Union.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 103
- Synonyms:
- suspended
- Indecisive or hesitant
- Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
pendulous meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
pendulous in Tamil
- தொங்கல், தொங்கு, தொங்குதல், தொங்கு மஞ்சரி, தொங்கு சூல்
pendulous in Malayalam
- dangling, drooping, trailing
- ദോലനം ചെയ്യുന്ന, ലംബ, ലംബി, ലംബിത, തൂങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുന്ന, ഉല്ലംബി
Synonyms of pendulous
Forms of pendulous
| comparative | more pendulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pendulous |
Origin of pendulous
Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“to hang”).
Words formed from pendulous
Phrases with pendulous
Questions about pendulous
- What does pendulous mean?
- Pendulous means hanging from, or as if from, a support.
- What is pendulous in Tamil?
- Pendulous in Tamil is தொங்கல், தொங்கு, தொங்குதல். See Pendulous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pendulous?
- Pendulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pendulous?
- Pendulous is pronounced /ˈpɛndjʊləs/ (UK).
Words near pendulous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pendulous (page history and authors); pendulous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pendulous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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