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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.
3.
Architecture. the surface of a pendentive.
Origin:
1545–55; variant (after F) of pennache < Middle French < early Italian pennachio < Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of pinna wing; identical in form with pinnāculum pinnacle
1545–55; variant (after F) of pennache < Middle French < early Italian pennachio < Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of pinna wing; identical in form with pinnāculum pinnacle
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Panache
is always a great word to know.
So is bearing. Does it mean:
| any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior or wall; a division of a window between a mullion and an adjoining mullion or jamb |
| a supporting part of a structure; the area of contact between a supporting beam and other underlying support |
Example Sentences
- The well-trod message is delivered with panache and abundant sweetness.
- Few invasive species play their threatening parts with as much panache as the northern snakehead.
- Only his recipes in the new issue show a certain lack of panache.
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Word Origin & History
panache
1553, "a tuft or plume of feathers," from M.Fr. pennache "tuft of feathers," from It. pennaccio, from L.L. pinnaculum "small wing, gable, peak" (see pinnacle). Fig. sense of "display, swagger" first recorded 1898 (in translation of "Cyrano de Bergerac"), from French.
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