单词 | pendulosity |
释义 | pendulosityn. = pendulousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > quality or state of pensileness1605 pensility1640 pendulosity1646 pendency1652 suspensiveness1816 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xiii. 254 He had slender legs, but encreased them by riding after meals; that is, the humours descending upon their pendulosity, they having no support or suppedaneous stability. View more context for this quotation 1847 W. J. Broderip Zool. Recreations (ed. 2) 237 Those old world monkeys whose tails still flourish in all their pendulosity and perfection. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. ii. 56 ‘I'm sure I beg pardon,’ Benson mumbled, arresting his head in a melancholy pendulosity. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog 162 It should be..very muscular, not throaty with any pendulosity below the throat. 2001 Dominion (Wellington) 16 July 8 Debate over neckline, hem height and pendulosity of earrings has been to the fore, and occupied many a morning-tea conversation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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