pendulous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɛndjʊləs/ / /ˈpɛndʒʊləs/ / /ˈpɛndʒələs/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“to hang”).
- 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.”
- Indecisive or hesitant
- Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping