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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From classical Latin pēnsilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)
- Hanging down, suspended.
1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 165:However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon […] is of no slender antiquity.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):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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Italian
Etymology
From Latin pēnsilis (“hanging”). Doublet of pesolo. Compare Portuguese pênsil.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pensile (plural pensili)
- hanging, suspended
Derived terms
Noun
pensile m (plural pensili)
- wall cabinet; wall cupboard
Latin
Adjective
pēnsile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pēnsilis