panache
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
panache
- (countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
- 1896 — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, Chapter 4
- I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.
- 1896 — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, Chapter 4
- (uncountable) Flamboyance, energetic style or action; dash; verve.
- 1894 — Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk, At the 'Cadian Ball
- One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.
- 1894 — Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk, At the 'Cadian Ball
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