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predilection
English
Alternative forms
- prædilection (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French prédilection.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?i?.d??l?k.?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??.d??l?k.?n?/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
predilection (countable and uncountable, plural predilections)
- A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
- 1967, Flann O’Brien, The Third Policeman, ch. 2,
- A row of houses he regards as a row of necessary evils. The softening and degeneration of the human race he attributes to its progressive predilection for interiors and waning interest in the art of going out and staying there.
- 1987, Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of Balance," Washington Post, 29 Jun.,
- But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts.
- 2000, Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," Time Asia, 23 Oct.,
- ... youth’s predilection for revolt.
- 2001, Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," The Guardian, 13 Mar.,
- Wilson doesn’t see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life.
- 1967, Flann O’Brien, The Third Policeman, ch. 2,
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:predilection
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knack
English
Etymology
Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næk/
- Audio (UK)
- Rhymes: -æk
Noun
knack (plural knacks)
- A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]
- Synonyms: skill, facility, dexterity
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 254a.
- The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
- A petty contrivance; a toy.
- Synonyms: plaything, knickknack, toy
- Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]
- Synonyms: trick, device
Derived terms
- knackless
Translations
Verb
knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
- To speak affectedly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
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