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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-267/
- Published: 2025-04-29T18:15:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-29T18:15:55.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

penchant (noun): 

: a strong and continued inclination, broadly : liking

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penchant?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : English has multiple p-words that imply a strong instinct or liking for something, including propensity and proclivity, but to keep things precise, penchant is the proper word for implying a pronounced, persistent taste in a person ("a penchant for pretty pendants") or a predominant predilection for performing particular actions ("a penchant for petting penguins"). Penchant traces back all the way to the Latin verb pendere, meaning "to weigh," but is more immediately preceded in English by the French word penchant, from the present participle of pencher, meaning "to incline."

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