penchantn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˈpɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nt/

Forms: 1600s panchant, 1600s– penchant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French penchant, pencher.

Etymology: < French penchant inclination (1647), use as noun of present participle of pencher to slope, incline (1265 in Old French as pengier ; Middle French pencher ), to have an inclination for (1283 in Old French) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *pendicāre < classical Latin pendēre to hang (see pend v.³) + -icāre, verbal suffix. Compare Old Occitan pengar, penjar (13th cent.; Occitan penjar), Catalan penjar (13th cent.).

A strong or habitual inclination; a tendency to do something; a taste or liking for a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency

spirita1425

inclination1526

bias?1571

vein1585

habitude1603

ply1605

nitency1662

result1663

tend1663

penchant1673

nisus1699

hank1721

squint1736

patent1836

subjectivism1845

lurch1854

biasness1872

tilt1975

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 72 I have so great a tender for your person, and such a Panchant to do you service.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife ii. 24 He has a strange penchant to grow fond of me.

1752 B. Franklin Let. 13 Aug. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 196 I own I have too strong a penchant to the building of hypotheses.

1784 Denouement 108 A foolish penchant for a little giddy brained girl.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 226 She had a penchant for brown, and to brown I had a repugnance.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xl. 513 Their penchant for wandering, and their experience in it, made them altogether the most effective spreaders of civilization we had.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 7 A pagan..Swinburnian young man in Asheville, for whose passionate kisses and unsentimental conversations she had taken a decided penchant.

1994 Insight 31 Jan. 16/3 The penchant of White House appointees for making ill-considered remarks on controversial subjects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	penchant
释义	penchantn. Brit. /ˈpɒ̃ʃɒ̃/, U.S. /ˈpɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nt/ Forms: 1600s panchant, 1600s– penchant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French penchant, pencher. Etymology: < French penchant inclination (1647), use as noun of present participle of pencher to slope, incline (1265 in Old French as pengier ; Middle French pencher ), to have an inclination for (1283 in Old French) < an unattested post-classical Latin form pendicāre < classical Latin pendēre* to hang (see pend v.³) + -icāre, verbal suffix. Compare Old Occitan pengar, penjar (13th cent.; Occitan penjar), Catalan penjar (13th cent.). A strong or habitual inclination; a tendency to do something; a taste or liking for a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency spirita1425 inclination1526 bias?1571 vein1585 habitude1603 ply1605 nitency1662 result1663 tend1663 penchant1673 nisus1699 hank1721 squint1736 patent1836 subjectivism1845 lurch1854 biasness1872 tilt1975 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 72 I have so great a tender for your person, and such a Panchant to do you service. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife ii. 24 He has a strange penchant to grow fond of me. 1752 B. Franklin Let. 13 Aug. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 196 I own I have too strong a penchant to the building of hypotheses. 1784 Denouement 108 A foolish penchant for a little giddy brained girl. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 226 She had a penchant for brown, and to brown I had a repugnance. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xl. 513 Their penchant for wandering, and their experience in it, made them altogether the most effective spreaders of civilization we had. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 7 A pagan..Swinburnian young man in Asheville, for whose passionate kisses and unsentimental conversations she had taken a decided penchant. 1994 Insight 31 Jan. 16/3 The penchant of White House appointees for making ill-considered remarks on controversial subjects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1673
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