Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PEND'U-LOUS
PEND-U-LOS'I-TY, or PEND'U-LOUS-NESSPEND'U-LUM
PEND'U-LOUS, a. [L. pendulus; from pendeo, to hang.]
Hanging; swinging; fastened at one end, the other being movable. The dewlap of an animal is pendulous.
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