pensile

[ pen-sahyl, -sil ]

/ ˈpɛn saɪl, -sɪl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR pensile ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

hanging, as the nests of certain birds.

building a hanging nest.

Origin of pensile

1595–1605; <Latin pēnsilis hanging down, equivalent to pēns(us) past participle of pendēre to hang (equivalent to pend- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt>s) + -ilis-ile

Words nearby pensile

Pensacola Bay, pensée, Pensées, pensel, Penshurst Place, pensile, pension, pensionary, pensioneer trustee, pensioner, pension fund

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Example sentences from the Web for pensile

The oriole uses them the most successfully, often attaching her pensile nest to the branch by their aid.
Ways of Nature|John Burroughs
Four or five weeping-willows, their stems leaning towards the grave, hang their pensile branches over it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
There it hung, like a hermits beard, from the pensile branch.
Pictures of Southern Life|William Howard Russell
The Philippine and Pensile Grosbeak make also very curious nests.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)|Various

Pensile in mid-heaven, gazest thou yet with seraphic sorrow on this, the guilty abode of guilty man?
A Love Story|A Bushman

British Dictionary definitions for pensile

pensile

/ (ˈpɛnsaɪl) /

adjective

ornithol designating or building a hanging nestpensile birds

Derived forms of pensile

pensility (pɛnˈsɪlɪtɪ) or pensileness, noun

Word Origin for pensile

C17: from Latin pensilis hanging down, from pendēre to hang

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单词	pensile
释义	pensile [ pen-sahyl, -sil ] / ˈpɛn saɪl, -sɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pensile ON THESAURUS.COM adjective hanging, as the nests of certain birds. building a hanging nest. Origin of pensile 1595–1605; <Latin pēnsilis hanging down, equivalent to pēns(us) past participle of pendēre to hang (equivalent to pend- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt>s) + -ilis-ile Words nearby pensile Pensacola Bay, pensée, Pensées, pensel, Penshurst Place, pensile, pension, pensionary, pensioneer trustee, pensioner, pension fund Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pensile The oriole uses them the most successfully, often attaching her pensile nest to the branch by their aid. Ways of Nature\|John Burroughs Four or five weeping-willows, their stems leaning towards the grave, hang their pensile branches over it. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction\|Various There it hung, like a hermits beard, from the pensile branch. Pictures of Southern Life\|William Howard Russell The Philippine and Pensile Grosbeak make also very curious nests. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)\|Various Pensile in mid-heaven, gazest thou yet with seraphic sorrow on this, the guilty abode of guilty man? A Love Story\|A Bushman British Dictionary definitions for pensile pensile / (ˈpɛnsaɪl) / adjective ornithol designating or building a hanging nestpensile birds Derived forms of pensile pensility (pɛnˈsɪlɪtɪ) or pensileness, noun Word Origin for pensile C17: from Latin pensilis hanging down, from pendēre to hang Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pensile drooping, jutting, pendulous, projecting, suspended, beetling, overhanging, pendent, swaying, swinging
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pensile

adjective

Origin of pensile

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Example sentences from the Web for pensile

British Dictionary definitions for pensile

adjective

Derived forms of pensile

Word Origin for pensile

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