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Definition of Penchant
1. Noun. A strong liking. "The Irish have a penchant for blarney"
Generic synonyms: Liking
Specialized synonyms: Acquired Taste, Weakness
Derivative terms: Prefer
Definition of Penchant
1. n. Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
2. n. A game like bézique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.
Definition of Penchant
1. Noun. taste, liking, or inclination (for) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penchant
1. a strong liking for something [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penchant
Literary usage of Penchant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"... his musical penchant found ROBERT SCHUMANN'S BIRTHPLACE IN ZWICKAU. From an
engraving by A. Krausse, in Leipsic. all desired satisfaction ; here he met ..."
2. The Literary Movement in France During the Nineteenth Century by Georges Pellissier (1897)
"out elevation, pomp without grandeur, and, when his aims become loftier, something
formal and artful. A penchant towards ..."
3. The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell by William Jesse (1844)
"... reply—His extraordinary penchant at college—Brummell cuts his cable, and comes
to an anchor at Calais—The Author passes through that town—Boxing, ..."
4. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the by Alfred Ayres (1881)
"Whether there is properly such a verb or not, it is quite certain that it is only
those having a vulgar penchant for big words who will prefer it to its ..."
5. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"His First penchant for the Stage—Early Strolling—Preaching and Practice—A Pleasant
Tete-i-Tete—Dissipation and Misery—His First Appearance in London—His ..."
6. The Barrister: Being Anecdotes of the Late Tom Nolan of the New York Bar by Charles Frederick Stansbury (1902)
"Jacob Sharp's penchant for Building Railroads. IT was in the old Superior Court,
before Judge David McAdam and a jury, that the Barrister was trying a case ..."
7. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"SELWYN'S penchant. Out of what strange materials journalists will extract a joke !
When, in 1779, Miss Keay had been shot by Hackman, and lay dead at the ..."
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