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Definition of panache noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

panache

noun
 
/pəˈnæʃ/
 
/pəˈnæʃ/,
 
/pəˈnɑːʃ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the quality of being able to do things in a lively and confident way that other people find attractive synonym flair, style
    • She carried off the performance with panache.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian pennacchio, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna ‘feather’.
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