pensile

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From classical Latin pensilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsaɪl/

Adjective

pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)

  1. Hanging down, suspended.
    • 1658: However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon [...] is of no slender antiquity — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 165)
    • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
      Far aloft, over the Altar of the Fatherland, on their tall crane standards of iron, swing pensile our antique Cassolettes or Pans of Incense; dispensing sweet incense-fumes[.]

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Italian

Adjective

pensile (masculine and feminine plural pensili)

  1. hanging, suspended

Derived terms

  • giardino pensile

Noun

pensile m (plural pensili)

  1. wall cabinet; wall cupboard

Latin

Adjective

pēnsile

  1. nominative neuter singular of pēnsilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of pēnsilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of pēnsilis
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