panache
Pronunciation: /pəˈnæʃ/
The English word “panache” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- An ornamental plume on a helmet.
- Flamboyance, energetic style or action.
Etymology
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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