n. 1. Dash; verve. 2. A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet. [French, plume, verve, from Italian pinnacchio, plume, from Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of Latin pinna, feather, wing; see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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