perpendentadj.

Brit.

/pəˈpɛnd(ə)nt/, U.S.

/pərˈpɛndnt/

Forms: 1600s perpendant, 1600s 1900s– perpendent.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: per- prefix, pendent adj.

Etymology: < per- prefix + pendent adj. Compare pendant n.Sense 1 is apparently based on a misreading of Law French appendant appendant adj. in the source translated in quot. 1642 at sense 1.

rare.

†1. Law. Remaining appendant (appendant adj. 1). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. x. §643. 276 The Advowson shall be perpendant unto the acre which is reserved.

†2. Hanging down conspicuously; attached. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > attached as an additional right > remaining appendant

perpendent1650

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > a long way or very much

low-hanging1620

promiss1637

perpendent1650

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xi. 108 Their perpendent Lips hang down above a Cubite low.

1658 R. Fage Descr. Whole World 42 The strings meeting in base Gules perpendent and placed in a true loves knot.

3. Pertinent, dependant.

ΚΠ

1950 P. MacKaye Myst. Hamlet i. i. 160 The exponent..shall now, Without expostulation, or parenthesis, Expose the points perpendent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perpendent
释义	perpendentadj. Brit. /pəˈpɛnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /pərˈpɛndnt/ Forms: 1600s perpendant, 1600s 1900s– perpendent. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: per- prefix, pendent adj. Etymology: < per- prefix + pendent adj. Compare pendant n.Sense 1 is apparently based on a misreading of Law French appendant appendant adj. in the source translated in quot. 1642 at sense 1. rare. †1. Law. Remaining appendant (appendant adj. 1). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. x. §643. 276 The Advowson shall be perpendant unto the acre which is reserved. †2. Hanging down conspicuously; attached. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > attached as an additional right > remaining appendant perpendent1650 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > a long way or very much low-hanging1620 promiss1637 perpendent1650 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xi. 108 Their perpendent Lips hang down above a Cubite low. 1658 R. Fage Descr. Whole World 42 The strings meeting in base Gules perpendent and placed in a true loves knot. 3. Pertinent, dependant. ΚΠ 1950 P. MacKaye Myst. Hamlet i. i. 160 The exponent..shall now, Without expostulation, or parenthesis, Expose the points perpendent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642
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