 Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:36 am Panache |
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As I am sure you know, panache is a French word meaning literally a plume or a tuft of waving feathers and in the figurative sense in French it is used in the same way as it has been adopted into English. With panache means in a particularly skillful/enthusiastic way. A similar word is flamboyantly. You could say that the conductor of an orchestra, who conducts in a dramatic and lively manner is conducting with panache.
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Alan
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