pensile

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/ˈpɛnsaɪl/

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/ˈpɛnsaɪl/ · /ˈpensɑel/ · /ˈpensaɪl/ · [ˈpensɑe̯l]

Definition of pensile

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adj

Hanging down, suspended.

“However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon […] is of no slender antiquity.”
“Far aloft, over the Altar of the Fatherland, on their tall crane standards of iron, swing pensile our antique Cassolettes or Pans of Incense; dispensing sweet incense-fumes[.]”

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From classical Latin pēnsilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).

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