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.

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