Associations to the word «Penchant»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PENCHANT, noun. Taste, liking, or inclination (for)
PENCHANT, noun. (card games) (uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
PENCHANT, noun. (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
Dictionary definition
PENCHANT, noun. A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.