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penchant

penc·hant

UK/ˈpɒnʃɒn/ US/ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a strong liking

  • “my own preference is for good literature”
  • “the Irish have a penchant for blarney”
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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”).

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