pendulous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendō (“to hang down”).

Adjective

pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous)

hanging as if from a support
indecisive or hesitant
(biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

Translations

hanging down

Finnish: riippuva (fi), roikkuva (fi)

Maori: hāwere, hauwere

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