Pendant

pen′dant, n. anything hanging, esp. for ornament: an earring: a lamp hanging from the roof: an ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof: a long narrow flag, at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship: something attached to another thing of the same kind, an appendix, a companion picture, poem, .— ns. Pen′dence , Pen′dency , a hanging in suspense: state of being undecided.— adj. Pen′dent , hanging: projecting: supported above the ground or base: ( bot. ) hanging downwards, as a flower or a leaf.— n. Penden′tive ( arch it. ), the triangular portion of a dome cut off between two supporting arches at right angles to each other.— adv. Pen′dently .— ns. Pen′dicle , an appendage: something attached to another, as a privilege, a small piece of ground for cultivation; Pen′dūlet , a pendant. [Fr. pendant , pr.p. of pendre , to hang—L. pendens , -ent is — pr.p. of pendēre , to hang.]