pensile
English
Alternative forms
- pensill (obsolete)
Etymology
From classical Latin pēnsilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsaɪl/
Adjective
pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)
- Hanging down, suspended.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 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
- 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[.]
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 165)
Anagrams
- Lepines, espinel, sleep in, sleep-in
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pēnsilis (“hanging”). Doublet of pesolo. Compare Portuguese pênsil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penˈsi.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛnsile
Adjective
pensile (masculine and feminine plural pensili)
- hanging, suspended
Derived terms
- giardino pensile
- pensilina
Noun
pensile m (plural pensili)
- wall cabinet; wall cupboard
Latin
Adjective
pēnsile
- nominative neuter singular of pēnsilis
- accusative neuter singular of pēnsilis
- vocative neuter singular of pēnsilis