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† preˈpendent, a. (n.) Obs.
[ad. L. præpendent-em, pr. pple. of præpendē-re to hang down in front, f. præ, pre- A. 4 + pendēre to hang: cf. pendent.]
A. adj. Hanging down in front; overhanging.
B. n. The male member.
1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 20 b, Upon the which they placed a chapter with prependent folding. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 103 Like an ouer-hanging Rocke eaten on with the tyde,..so did theyr prependant breast-bones imminent-ouercanopy theyr bellies. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 252 Priapus..was expelled from Lampsacum..for the hugeness of his pre-pendent. |