panachen.¹

Brit.

/pəˈnaʃ/, U.S.

/pəˈnæʃ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s pinnach, 1600s penache, 1600s penashe, 1600s pennach, 1600s–1700s pannache, 1600s–1800s pennache, 1700s panack, 1700s panashe, 1800s– panache; Scottish pre-1700 panache, pre-1700 panasche, pre-1700 pannach, pre-1700 pannache, pre-1700 pannage, pre-1700 pannash, pre-1700 pennashe, pre-1700 1900s– panache, pre-1700 1900s– panash (now poetic).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French panache.

Etymology: < Middle French, French panache tuft or plume of feathers (1546; earlier as pannache (1527), pennache (1524); forms in pan- are probably by association with other words in pan- ), manly elegance or swagger, chivalrous or heroic courage, flamboyance, elegance, style (1854), plume-like solar prominence (1884 or earlier) < Italian pennacchio (a1470 or earlier) < post-classical Latin pinnaculum pinnacle n.

a. A tuft or plume of feathers, esp. for a headdress or as a decoration for a helmet, hat, or cap. Hence also: †a tassel or other decoration resembling a plume of feathers (obsolete).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > plume (of feathers, etc.)

crestelc1320

crestc1380

plumach1494

plumasse1494

plume1530

plumage1565

panache1584

plumassery1613

kalgi1715

hackle1816

heckle1855

panache-crest1864

osprey1885

paradise1905

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. H Like as ane hors, when he is barded haile, An fethered pannach set vpon his heid, Will make him seame more braue.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 24 Vith perlit helm, As siluer schyning brycht, And pannache quhyt hich set In sing of mycht.

1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 82 A litle pinnach of white Ostrich feathers.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 270 Their feathers so faire, that they serue for pennaches.

1669 P. Wyche tr. J. Lobo Short Relation Nile 29 The Tayle is worn by Children for a Penashe.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 41 He had in his cap a pennach of heron.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 133 Like to a Panack it covers my Face.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 31 This bird [sc. the cockatoo] is crowned with a panashe or bunch of feathers.

1819 H. Busk Vestriad i. 428 The tow'ring panache sweeps the chalky floor.

a1848 Sir S. Meyrick in J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (1869) vi. 89 The distinction between the Panache and Plume is, that the former was fixed on the top of the Helmet, while the latter was placed behind, in front, or on the side.

1940 T. H. White Ill-made Knight x. 76 Lancelot had been smoothing the panache of feathers which was used as a distinguishing mark on the helm in Uncle Dap's hands.

1973 J. E. S. Thompson Maya Archaeologist (1975) ii. 46 A procession of priests decked in jade..with their panaches of Quetzal feathers waving in the breeze.

b. Astronomy. A plume-like solar prominence. rare.

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the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > solar prominence

streamer1697

solar prominence1852

sun pillar1853

filamenta1869

solar protuberance1869

plume1885

panache1886

1886 Proc. Royal Soc. 40 361 At the poles there is an exquisite tracery curved in opposite directions, consisting of plumes or panaches, which bend gently and symmetrically from the axis.

1994 B. Rompolt in M. Schüssler & W. Schmidt Solar Magn. Fields 374 At the late phase of eruption a beautiful panache of fine filaments was formed.

2. figurative. Flamboyant confidence of style or manner; dashing display; swagger; (more generally) flamboyance, style.

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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > panache or dashingness

dashism1788

dashing1806

fling1872

panache1898

dashingness1934

1898 G. Thomas & M. F. Guillemard tr. E. Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac v. vi. 294 Cyrano: One thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch, I bear away despite you... Roxane: 'Tis?.. Cyrano: My panache.

1900 J. T. Grein Dramatic Crit. (1902) III. 65 No one displayed that ‘panache’ which is the paramount demand of romantic comedy.

1932 R. Fry Characteristics French Art iii. 53 In real life the fun of soldiering, its bustle, its swagger, its panache, sometimes leads to being mutilated.

1960 D. Walker Where High Winds Blow ii. viii. 117 With his clean blue shirt and a silk handkerchief knotted at his neck, he had a workaday panache.

1972 D. Francis Smokescreen v. 58 A certain panache about him, but also some of the ruthless cynicism of experienced journalists.

1990 J. Shields Chesapeake Bay Cookbk. (1991) ii. 89/1 Doris claims responsibility for the addition of the grated orange rind to the sauce, which she feels gives this dish panache.

Compounds

† panache-crest n. Obsolete rare

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