panache

American  

[puh-nash, -nahsh] / pəˈnæʃ, -ˈnɑʃ /

noun

1. a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair.

   The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.

2. an ornamental plume of feathers, tassels, or the like, especially one worn on a helmet or cap.

3. Architecture. the surface of a pendentive.

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panache British  

/ -ˈnɑːʃ, pəˈnæʃ /

noun

1. a dashing manner; style; swagger

   he rides with panache

2. a feathered plume on a helmet

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Etymology

Origin of panache

First recorded in 1545–55; variant (after French ) of pennache, from Middle French, from early Italian pennachio, from Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of pinna “wing”; identical in form with pinnāculum “roof gable, peak”; pinnacle

Example Sentences

One such tale, the record’s opening title track, finds Allen narrating the inflection point in her marriage with sing-songy panache.

From Salon

Here’s hoping this long-awaited project makes it across the finish line with panache.

From Los Angeles Times

So why wouldn’t we appreciate Chishiya’s honesty, his knack for cold calculation and overall panache?

From Salon

This media can’t be boring or overly wonky — it must speak in popular vernaculars with style and panache.

From Salon

A showman who, as the author of “The Colored Museum,” was fully at home in more abstract realms of playwriting, he knew how to balance radical theatricality with more conventional storytelling panache.

From Los Angeles Times