panacherie

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/pənæʃəˈɹiː/

noun

Panache; flamboyant style.

OriginFrench panache →
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Meanings

nounpanacherie (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablePanache; flamboyant style.

    All of them were, and two still are, men of an “appearance” and panacherie too rare in these days when potential personalities masquerade as so many peas in a pod.

    1934, Thomas Burke, London in my Time

Origin

  1. Frenchpanache“a peacock's tail, decoration”
  2. Englishpanacherie

From French panache (“a peacock's tail, decoration”).

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APA

panacherie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panacherie

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Chicago

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