## Meanings
1. No longer straight; curved or twisted out of shape.
2. Firmly determined to do something.
3. A natural talent or liking for a particular activity.

## Examples
- He tried to hammer the bent nail back into place.
- He was bent on going to Texas, no matter what anyone said.
- She has a real bent for languages.

## Synonyms
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity

## Derived Forms
- bent-side
- bentbill
- bentley
- bentness
- bentwood
- bowbent
- downbent
- hellbent
- hyperbent
- inbent
- nick-bent
- prebent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bent
- Root: *beonot
- Root: *binut

## Etymology
From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.

## AI Etymology
Bent comes from Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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