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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 663 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PANACHE , a See also:

French word adapted from Ital. pennachio, See also:Lat. penna, See also:feather, for a plume of feathers on a See also:helmet or See also:hat; the " panache " should be properly distinguished from the " plume," as being a large cluster of feathers fixed on the See also:top of the helmet and flowing over it, the " plume " being a single feather at the See also:side or front. The word " panache " is often used figuratively in French of a flamboyant piece of ornamentation, a " See also:purple patch " in literature, or any exaggerated See also:form of decoration.

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