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penchant

[ pen-chuhnt; French pahn-shahn ]

noun

  1. a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something:

    a penchant for outdoor sports.



penchant

/ 藞辫蓲艐蕛蓲艐 /

noun

  1. a strong inclination or liking; bent or taste
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of penchant1

1665鈥75; < French, noun use of present participle of pencher to incline, lean < Vulgar Latin *辫别苍诲颈肠腻谤别, derivative of Latin 辫别苍诲脓谤别 to hang
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of penchant1

C17: from French, from pencher to incline, from Latin 辫别苍诲脓谤别 to be suspended
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Idioms and Phrases

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Her tireless work rate, bubbly personality and a penchant for dyeing her hair different pastel colors made her one of the team鈥檚 most popular players in the team鈥檚 inaugural season.

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Instead, using his show鈥檚 headline-making legal headache as an example, Oliver illustrated why Trump鈥檚 penchant for weaponizing the legal system is dangerous to freedom of speech and expression.

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Knowles debunks her reputation as a stage mom, though she carried on her matrilineal penchant for designing and sewing clothes, as the stylist for Destiny鈥檚 Child.

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His attempt to reform the Vatican was marked by both action and a Jesuit penchant for deliberation.

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Inevitably, the discussion turned to the wrecking-ball presidency of Donald Trump and his autocratic and, frankly, un-American penchant for siccing the government on his political foes.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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