panache
noun/pəˈnæʃ/
/pəˈnæʃ/, /pəˈnɑːʃ/
[uncountable]- 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.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian pennacchio, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna ‘feather’.Definitions on the go
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