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pendulous

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈpɛndjʊləs/ / /ˈpɛndʒʊləs/ / /ˈpɛndʒələs/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“to hang”).

  1. 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.

  2. Indecisive or hesitant
  3. Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping