panache

panache
noun /pəˈnæʃ,pəˈnɑːʃ/
a) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.

b) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.

One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.


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