Meaning of PENCHANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'penchunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" |
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| | Synonyms: | | predilection, preference, taste |
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| | See Also: | | acquired taste, liking, weakness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pen`chant"\, n. (Card Playing)
A game like b['e]zique, or, in the game, any queen and jack
of different suits held together.
\Pen`chant"\, n. [F., fr. pencher to bend, fr.
(assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See {Pendant}.]
Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
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| | Related Terms: | | a thing for, affinity, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, cast, conatus, conduciveness, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, fancy, fascination, favor, feeling for, fondness, inclination, inclining, leaning, liability, liking, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, partiality, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, sensitivity to, soft spot, susceptibility, sympathy, taste, tendency, tropism, turn, twist, warp, weakness, willingness |
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