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panache.

An ornamental plume on a helmet.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pəˈnæʃ/Received-Pronunciation, US/pəˈnɑːʃ/Received-Pronunciation, US
  1. An ornamental plume on a helmet.

    countable
  2. Flamboyance, energetic style or action.

    figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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