PENDULOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. Shak. "The pendulous round earth. Milton.

2.
a.

Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] "A pendulous state of mind." Atterbury.

3.
a.

Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.