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Definition of Panache
1. Noun. Distinctive and stylish elegance. "He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
2. Noun. A feathered plume on a helmet.
Definition of Panache
1. n. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
Definition of Panache
1. Noun. An ornamental plume on a helmet. ¹
2. Noun. Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panache
1. an ornamental tuft of feathers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panache
Literary usage of Panache
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"A panache sometimes consists of a single row of feathers ; but more ... A panache
may be charged with some device or figure, " for difference," as by the ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... admirable story of Mademoiselle panache (see Maria Edgeworth's Moral Tales),
is not in any edition of the Bishop's works that has fallen into my hands. ..."
3. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"... Monaco — Madame panache — The Italian Actors and «the False Prude." MEANWHILE our
campaign upon the Rhine proceeded, and the enemy, having had all their ..."
4. A glossary of French slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"(Cp. aigrette, panache). 2. A lui le pompon ! expresses admiration for abilities
of any kind, he excels anybody. Pour offrir un verre, à lui le pompon ! he ..."
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