Added 9 October 2026
penchant
/ˈpɒnʃɒn/ noun
Latin root: pendere Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about penchant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A strong liking.
my own preference is for good literature
Origin
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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