PENSILE

Etymology

Adjective

pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)

Hanging down, suspended.

Anagrams

• Lepines, espinel, sleep in, sleep-in

Source: Wiktionary


Pen"sile, a. Etym: [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See Pendant.]

Definition: Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon. The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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