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    [Noun]  | "pen*chant" | \ ˈpen-chənt \


    1: a strong and continued inclination; broadly : liking


    Origin: 1672 ;

     French, from present participle of pencher to incline, from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, from Latin pendere to weigh;

    [Noun]  | "penchant" 


    1: a habitual attraction to some activity or thing;


      * e.g., " ... a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space "



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     [ "penchant" ]

    1: (noun) A strong taste, liking, preference or tendency towards or for something.

      * e.g.,  ... Marcus Halberstram also has a penchant for Valentino suits and Oliver Peoples glasses. 

     [ "Penchanting" ]

    1: A combination of penchant and enchanting. To have a knack for enchanting someone or something. Other forms of the word include penchanted and penchantment.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Angus winked at me and I was a goner... totally penchanted! 2) He took me for a walk and was so penchanting that I never wanted to leave. 3) She fainted out of the pure penchantment of the way he said her name. 

     [ "Penchant" ]

    1: (noun) A strong taste, liking, preference or tendency towards or for something.

      * e.g.,  ... I have a penchant for good books. 

     [ "Penchant" ]

    1: A penis. Male genitalia, or dong.

      * e.g.,  ... "My penchant will actually excite everyone who sees it." 

     [ "Penchant for Buggery" ]

    1: Taken from the wise words of D Evil himself. Means you're gay.

      * e.g.,  ... "I hear you have penchant for buggery?" "No, I am not Gay" 

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