penchant
noun/ˈpɒnʃɒn/UK/ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/US
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang”).
- derived from *pendicāre✻
- derived from penchant
Definitions
Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
- He has a penchant for fine wine.
A card game resembling bezique.
In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
The neighborhood
- synonymdesire
- synonympredilection
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