Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Bulwer (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture. From classical Latin pendulus hanging down + -ent.
Definition of pendulent in US English:
pendulent
adjective
= pendulant.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Bulwer (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture. From classical Latin pendulus hanging down + -ent.