different between pensill vs pensile

English

Noun

pensill (plural pensills)

1. Obsolete spelling of pencil
2. Obsolete spelling of pencel

Adjective

pensill

1. Obsolete spelling of pensile
   • 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 [...].

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin penicillum, probably via Danish pensel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??ns?tl/
• Rhymes: -?ns?tl

Noun

pensill m (genitive singular pensils, nominative plural penslar)

1. brush, paintbrush

Declension

Synonyms

• málningarbursti

English

Alternative forms

• pensill (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nsa?l/

Adjective

pensile (comparative more pensile, superlative most pensile)

1. 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[.]

Anagrams

• Lepines, espinel, sleep in, sleep-in

Italian

Etymology

From Latin p?nsilis (“hanging”). Doublet of pesolo. Compare Portuguese pênsil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pen?si.le/
• Rhymes: -?nsile

Adjective

pensile (plural pensili)

1. hanging, suspended

Derived terms

• giardino pensile
• pensilina

Noun

pensile m (plural pensili)

1. wall cabinet; wall cupboard

Latin

Adjective

p?nsile

1. nominative neuter singular of p?nsilis
2. accusative neuter singular of p?nsilis
3. vocative neuter singular of p?nsilis