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leaning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?n??/
- Rhymes: -i?n??
- Hyphenation: lean?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean +? -ing.
Noun
leaning (plural leanings)
- A tendency or propensity.
- a man of socialist leanings
Translations
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
leaning
- present participle of lean
Anagrams
- aneling, eanling, lignane, nealing
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proclivity
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?cl?vit?s, from pro (“toward”) + cl?vus (“a slope, hill”).
Pronunciation
- (weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /p?o??kl?v?ti/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /p?o??kl?v?ti/
- Rhymes: -?v?ti
Noun
proclivity (plural proclivities)
- A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- , Episode 16
- This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.
- , Episode 16
Synonyms
- penchant, propensity, see also Thesaurus:predilection
Translations
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