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ca⋅chet

  [ka-shey, kash-ey; Fr. ka-she]
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–noun, plural ca⋅chets  [ka-sheyz, kash-eyz; Fr. ka-she] .
1. an official seal, as on a letter or document.
2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
3. a sign or expression of approval, esp. from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
4. superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.
5. Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.
6. Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.
Origin:
1630–40; < F: lit., something compressed to a small size, equiv. to cache cache + -et -et
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ca·chet   (kā-shā')   
n.  

  1. A mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity: "Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack" (Christian Science Monitor).

  2. A seal on a document, such as a letter.

    1. A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event.

    2. A motto forming part of a postal cancellation.

  4. A kind of wafer capsule formerly used by pharmacists for presenting an unpleasant-tasting drug.


[French, from Old French, from cacher, to press; see cache.]
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Word Origin & History

cachet 
1639, Scottish borrowing of Fr. cachet "seal affixed to a letter or document," from O.Fr. cacher "to press, crowd," from L. coactare "constrain" (see cache). Meaning evolving through "(letter under) personal stamp (of the king)" to "prestige."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ca·chet
Pronunciation: ka-'shA
Function: noun
: a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually of rice-flour pastecontaining an unpleasant-tasting medicine called also wafer, wafer capsule
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

cachet ca·chet (kā-shā')
n.
An edible wafer capsule used for enclosing an unpleasant-tasting drug.

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