penchant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of penchant
1665–75; < French, noun use of present participle of pencher to incline, lean < Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, derivative of Latin pendēre to hang
Example Sentences
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Yet, despite being a grown man with a penchant for Billabong clothing, Guy shouldn’t incur all the blame.
From Salon
Musk, who has acknowledged his penchant for optimism, doesn’t hit milestones on time.
From Barron's
The 64-year-old has a particular penchant for wildfowl shooting in the U.S.
Others speculated that, due to Fennell’s penchant for audience provocation, the quotation marks were an Easter egg indicating that her take on Brontë’s novel would be far from your great-great-grandmother’s “Wuthering Heights.”
From Salon
Part of what has boosted the industry is younger generations’ penchant for “fragrance wardrobes,” with a scent to suit every mood, rather than the one or two signature perfumes favored by older generations.
From MarketWatch
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