释义 |
pendulosity rare.|pɛndjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ| [f. type *pendulose for pendulous + -ity.] The quality or condition of being pendulous; pendulousness; hanging position.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 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. 1859G. Meredith R. Feverel xxxiii, ‘I'm sure I beg pardon’, Benson murmured, arresting his head in a melancholy pendulosity. |