pa·nache
(p -n sh , -näsh)
n.
1. Dash; verve.
2. A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a
helmet.
[French, plume, verve, from Italian
pinnacchio, plume, from Late Latin pinn
 culum, diminutive of Latin
pinna, feather, wing; see pet- in Indo-European
roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
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Like his cousin Hayden, Willie's not a gobby teenager; he's got more panache than that.
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