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panache

pa·nache

US/pəˈnæʃ/ rare

noun

1.

distinctive and stylish elegance

  • “he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”
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2.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle.

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