Main Entry: pen·du·lous

Pronunciation: \-ləs\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin pendulus, from pendēre to hang

Date: circa 1605

1 archaic : poised without visible support
2 a : suspended so as to swing freely <branches hung with pendulous vines> b : inclined or hanging downward <pendulous jowls>
3 : marked by vacillation, indecision, or uncertainty

— pen·du·lous·ness noun