Panache

noun/pəˈnæʃ/character
Definition
Flamboyant confidence of style or manner.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle.
Synonyms
hackle, plume, plumage
In a sentence
  • She delivered the pitch with panache.
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added 2025-08-13