| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| penchant |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pen·chant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n ch nt |
| NOUN: | A definite liking; a strong inclination. See synonyms at predilection. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from present participle of pencher, to incline, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pendic re, from Latin pend re, to hang. See (s)pen- in Appendix I.
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