Definition of penchants Penchants
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What does penchants mean?
Wiktionary 
- penchants (Noun)
Plural of penchant.
Part of speech
🔤- penchants, noun, plural of penchant.
WordNet
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| penchant - a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" | ||
| preference, predilection, taste | ||
| liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" | ||
| acquired taste a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience; "martinis are an acquired taste" | ||
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Wiktionary
- penchant (Noun)
taste, liking, or inclination.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- penchant (n.)
Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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penchant
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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penchant
päng′shäng, n. inclination: decided taste: bias. [Fr., pr.p. of pencher, to incline, through a form pendicāre, from L. pendēre, to hang.]
Part of speech
🔤- penchant, noun, singular of penchants.
