pendant

see definition of pendant

as inpendulous
as injewelry
as innecklace
as inbeads
as instreamer
as inchain
as incomplement
as incorrelation
as incounterpart
as inflap

Synonyms for pendant

adj hanging

chain

noun. connected metal links; jewelry made of such links

chains

noun. connected metal links; jewelry made of such links

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE root *(s)pen(d)- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].

Example Sentences for pendant

This action of Congress is a pendant to the Academy of Sciences.

You'd have to ask any one to the wedding who gave you a pendant like that.

Mr. Martin himself was no unworthy "pendant" to this portrait.

One face of this pendant was covered with scratches in a vandyked pattern.

A form of connection which has struts attached to a pendant post.

Did she intend to keep the pendant and exchange it for confectionery?

She had begged Rona to confess, and Rona in return had accused her of taking the pendant.

Aldebaran swung on the pendant chain of Taurus like a giant ruby.

She had certainly never worn this pendant before at Harding.

The pendant which Madame Ypsilante received was very handsome.

pendant

Synonyms for pendant

More words related to pendant

beads

chain

chains

complement

complements

correlation