panacherie

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pənæʃəˈɹiː/

Noun

panacherie (uncountable)

1. (dated) Panache; flamboyant style.
   • 1934, Thomas Burke, London in my Time:

     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.