pensile

English

Alternative forms

• pensill (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnsaɪl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpensɑel/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpensaɪl/, [ˈpensɑe̯l]

Adjective

pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)

1. 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 […], volume (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[.]

Anagrams

• Lepines, espinel, sleep in, sleep-in

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pēnsilis (“hanging”). Doublet of pesolo. Compare Portuguese pênsil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.si.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsile
• Hyphenation: pèn‧si‧le

Adjective

pensile m or f (plural pensili)

1. hanging, suspended

Derived terms

• giardino pensile
• pensilina

Noun

pensile m (plural pensili)

1. wall cabinet; wall cupboard

Latin

Adjective

pēnsile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pēnsilis