Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Penchant

Penchant , noun

[French, from pencher to bend, from (assumed) Late Latin pendicare, Latin pendere. See Pendant.]

Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

Penchant , noun

(Card Playing) A game like bézique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.