pensile

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pensile

/ˈpɛnsaɪl/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈpensɑel/ Australia
/ˈpensaɪl/ New Zealand
[ˈpensɑe̯l] New Zealand

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

adjective more pensile · most pensile · pensill

Hanging down, suspended. However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon […] is of no slender antiquity.

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@misc{pensile_2026,
  title = {pensile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pensile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}