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penchant
penchant
penchant for
A strong preference for something.
She had a penchant for fine wine and expensive restaurants.
See also:
penchant
have a penchant for doing
something
to have a taste, desire, or inclination for doing something.
John has a penchant for eating fattening foods.
Ann has a penchant for buying clothes.
See also:
have
,
penchant
a penchant for
something
a great liking for something
He had a penchant for luxury hotel suites, limousines, and high-priced meals.
See also:
penchant
have a penchant for
Have a tendency or taste for. For example,
He has a penchant for saying the wrong thing
, or
She has a strong penchant for baroque music
. [Second half of 1600s]
See also:
have
,
penchant
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
JĘDrzej
YE
N
D-zhay
Polish
Hildred
-
English
Bogdan
BAWG-dahn
(Polish)
, BOG-dahn
(Serbian, Croatian)
, bog-DAHN
(Romanian)
Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Ilanit
-
Hebrew
AdÉLaÏDe
a-de-la-EED
French
Kelly
['keli]
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