ansats

(en -er)

(anlæg, tilbøjelighed) disposition, tendency (til to, fx he has a tendency to stoutness);

[have ansats til dobbelthage (, mave, en forkølelse)] have an incipient double chin (, paunch, cold);

[han havde ansats til en brandert] he had had just a drop too much;

[ansats til hale] rudiments of a tail, a rudimentary tail.