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+ ==Etymology==
+ First recorded in 1553 in the sense “tuft or plume of feathers”,^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) [[bor|frm|pennache]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) [[der|it|pennacchio]],^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|pinnāculum|t=small wing]],^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) diminutive of Latin ''pinna'' “feather, wing”.^(AHD)^(RHWU) The modern spelling follows French ''panache''.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ The figurative sense “display, swagger” is recorded from 1898, in a translation of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.^(Etymonline) Doublet of [[pinnacle]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Noun==
+ '''panache'''
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+ # Flamboyant confidence of style or action; verve, flair.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # An ornamental plume of feathers, especially on a helmet.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}