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penchant
pen·chant
[
pénchənt
]
noun
Definition:
liking or tendency:
a strong liking, taste, or tendency for something
[
Late 17th century. < French, present participle of
pencher
"incline" < assumed Vulgar Latin
pendicare
< Latin
pendere
"hang"
]
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