pendant
noun/ˈpendənt/
/ˈpendənt/
- a piece of jewellery that you wear around your neck on a chainTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an architectural decoration projecting downwards): from Old French, literally ‘hanging’, present participle of the verb pendre, from Latin pendere.
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