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- Dictionarypredilection/ˌpriːdɪˈlɛkʃn/
noun
- 1. a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something: "my predilection for Asian food"
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Jan 17, 2012 · Predilection means tendency to favor, not just tendency: a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach. Propensity and proclivity both just mean tendency: Propensity: a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
May 10, 2016 · It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: . Woolgathering: . 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc." (see wool + gather).
Jan 2, 2014 · Used colloquially since c. 1600 to indicate things the speaker can't name at the moment, often with various meaningless suffixes, e.g. thingumbob (1751), thingamajig (1824). Southern U.S. pronunciation thang attested from 1937. The thing "what's stylish or fashionable" is recorded from 1762.
Jul 8, 2013 · To define is to delineate a specific meaning of a word. To describe is to provide useful attributes of something represented by that word. For example, it is hard to define "god" but easy to define "car."
May 18, 2019 · Definition is a statement expressing the essential nature of something (Merriam-Webster).. Definition of something tells you "what that is, what's its essence."
These words simply mean - what they normally mean!! vulgar-- common, non-elite. coarse-- not detailed (think of a coarse, versus fine, handsaw, for example)
Autological word. A word is autological or homological if it describes itself. The common term for this is a backronym, a back-formation acronym. Also known as recursive acronym / metacronym/ recursive initialism, this is a fun way to coin names for new programming languages and such.
I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM".) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all.
Feb 12, 2015 · a notable personal characteristic. : According to Etymonline, the phrase, in its various versions, became popular in the sixties, but seems to have a much older origin. Phrase do your thing "follow your particular predilection," though associated with hippie-speak of 1960s is attested from 1841.
Jan 11, 2019 · The word predilection literally means “liking before”, to prefer something above all the rest, i.e. to have a favourite. The word is derived from Medieval Latin praediligere to love more. A person who strongly likes fast cars will probably have a predilection for expensive vehicles. The etymology of ‘sage’
