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penchant
/ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/
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What does penchant mean?
noun
- A taste, liking, or inclination for (something).
- A card game resembling bezique.
- In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/
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Possibly he took me for a latter-day Jack-the-Ripper, with a penchant for elderly male paupers.
After silently watching them for a considerable time, the lieutenant, who had a remarkable penchant for joking, called two of them into the middle of the room.
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With something of a penchant for undertaking things never before accomplished, I proposed one morning to take a walk around the ramparts that encompass the Persian capital.
An eccentric old lady's penchant for match making?
This lowering of efficiency through a penchant for animistic methods of apprehending facts is especially apparent when taken in the mass-when a given population with an animistic turn is viewed as a whole.