impendent

English

Etymology

From Latin impendens.

Adjective

impendent (comparative more impendent, superlative most impendent)

1. (now rare) impending; threatening
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 2, line 177:

     Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.

Synonyms

• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also Thesaurus:impending

References

• “impendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

impendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of impendō
2. third-person plural present active indicative of impendeō