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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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