Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Dash; verve.
- noun A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the triangular surface of a pendentive.
- noun A plume as worn in a hat or helmet or in a woman's hair; especially, in medieval armor, a massive group of feathers set erect, often used as a heraldic bearing.
- noun In zoology, a tuft, bunch, or cluster of hairs, feathers, or the like; a scopula; a panicle.
- noun In astronomy, a tuft-like solar protuberance of eruption.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
- noun A pleasingly flamboyant style or manner; flair{4}; verve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable An
ornamental plume on ahelmet . - noun uncountable
Flamboyant ,energetic style or action;dash ;verve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun distinctive and stylish elegance
- noun a feathered plume on a helmet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It was an expensive and strangely obscure institution, named for its syphilitic Whig founder, but we often called it, with what we considered a certain panache, the Mediocre University at New York City.
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But what his style may have lacked in panache, it certainly made up in passion.
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But what his style may have lacked in panache, it certainly made up in passion.
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Above the helmet is a large plume of white feathers called a panache -- the origin of our modern word.
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Some of this handling panache is a by-product of the Ruf integrated roll cage, which is installed while the car is still a bare shell.
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Some of this handling panache is a by-product of the Ruf integrated roll cage, which is installed while the car is still a bare shell.
Making Conversation Friday Ben Barren 2005
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I took some time to look at the new models on display, and while the new cars are dazzling with their electronic wizardry and sleek forms, these cars seem to be lacking a certain panache, a flair for style.
November 2003 2003
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There's a certain panache that goes along with being an
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Jeremy Affeldt, although lacking the name panache of Wilson, was actually the superior player last year.
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Jeremy Affeldt, although lacking the name panache of Wilson, was actually the superior player last year.
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brtom commented on the word panache
"In lowcorsaged opal balldress and elbowlength ivory gloves, wearing a sabletrimmed brick quilted dolman, a comb of brilliants and panache of osprey in her hair."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15
February 5, 2007
sionnach commented on the word panache
"The bump in my forehead is the result of a regrettable cooking accident", explained Tom with panache.
December 8, 2007
milosrdenstvi commented on the word panache
Brought into English by Rostand in his play Cyrano de Bergerac; his dying words declare that it is the only thing that cannot be taken away from him.
August 19, 2008
oroboros commented on the word panache
pan ache
November 21, 2013