panache

[ puh-nash, -nahsh ]
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noun
  1. a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.

  2. an ornamental plume of feathers, tassels, or the like, especially one worn on a helmet or cap.

  1. Architecture. the surface of a pendentive.

Origin of panache

1
First recorded in 1545–55; variant (after French ) of pennache, from Middle French, from early Italian pennachio, from Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of pinna “wing”; identical in form with pinnāculum “roof gable, peak”; see pinnacle

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panache

/ (pəˈnæʃ, -ˈnɑːʃ) /


noun
  1. a dashing manner; style; swagger: he rides with panache

  2. a feathered plume on a helmet

Origin of panache

1
C16: via French from Old Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum feather, from Latin pinna feather; compare Latin pinnāculum pinnacle

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