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prædilection

prædilection is the obsolete spelling of predilection.

Meaning of predilection

Noun

predilection (countable and uncountable, plural predilections)

  1. A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
    • The young King looked tenderly at Mademoiselle Mancini, who gave him a glance quite as tender in return—not, however, unobserved. His mother had been for some time past a displeased spectator of a predilection which might become dangerous.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 219

Forms of prædilection

pluralprædilections

Questions about prædilection

What is prædilection the obsolete spelling of?
Prædilection is the obsolete spelling of predilection.

Words near prædilection in the dictionary

  1. prædicatives
  2. prædict
  3. prædiction
  4. prædictions
  5. prædicts
  6. prædilection
  7. prædilections
  8. prædominant
  9. prædominate
  10. prædominated
  11. prædominates

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