PENDULOUS

pendulous. Pendulous, a. hanging, suspended, moving

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Pen″du‐lous (?), a. [[L. pendulus, fr. pendere to hang. Cf. Pendant, and cf. Pendulum.]] 1. 1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. Shak. “The pendulous round earth.” Milton.
2. 2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. “A pendulous state of mind.” Atterbury.
3. 3. (Bot.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.