a strong liking or fondness; inclination; taste
Origin of penchant
French from pencher, to incline from Vulgar Latin an unverified form pendicare from Classical Latin pendere, to hang: see pendant
noun
The definition of a penchant is a preference or desire for something or for doing things a certain way.
An example of penchant is what a person has when they love reading history books.
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noun
A definite liking; a strong inclination. See Synonyms at predilection.
Origin of penchant
French from present participle of pencher to incline from Old French from Vulgar Latin pendicāre from Latin pendēre to hang ; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- He has a penchant for the game.
- My aunt has a penchant for things that are a bit wacky.
- The backpacker did not have a penchant for luxury travel.
- Increasingly investors are ending up with more exposure to residential property because of commercial property players' growing penchant for mixed-use schemes.
- Man has a penchant for trying to explain away God.
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