appendant

adjective

ap·​pen·​dant ə-ˈpen-dənt 

1

: belonging as a right by prescription

—used of annexed land in English law

2

: associated as an attendant circumstance

3

: attached as an appendage

a seal appendant to a document

appendant noun

Examples of appendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What is the relationship between the Masons and its appendant organizations — the Rainbow Girls and Order of the Eastern Star? — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle English appendaunt, borrowed from Anglo-French, present participle of appendre "to belong to, be the prerogative of, pertain to," borrowed from Medieval Latin appendēre, going back to Latin, "to be pending," from ap- ap- entry 1 + pendēre "to be suspended, hang, be uncertain, depend (on)"; (sense 3) append + -ant entry 2

Note: The Latin second-conjugation verb appendēre has been adapted to the form of the French transitive verb pendre—see note at pendent entry 1.

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for appendant

• ascendant
• attendant
• defendant
• dependant
• dependent
• descendant
• descendent
• intendant
• resplendent
• transcendent
• codefendant
• independent