penchant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a strong liking
    predilection; taste; preference.
    • my own preference is for good literature
    • the Irish have a penchant for blarney

WordNet

Pen`chant" noun
Etymology
F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See Pendant.
Definitions
  1. Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

Webster 1913