21 September 2015
cachet
[ka-shey, kash-ey; French ka-she]
noun, plural cachets [ka-sheyz, kash-eyz; French ka-she] (Show IPA)
1. an official seal, as on a letter or document.
2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp:
Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
3. a sign or expression of approval, especially from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
4. superior status; prestige:
The job has a certain cachet.
5. Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.
6. Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.
Origin of cachet
1630-1640; < French: literally, something compressed to a small size, equivalent to cache cache + -et -et
Can be confused
cache, cachet, cash.
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Examples from the Web for cachet
Contemporary Examples
Daniel Gross on how cachet has a way of developing into a real business.
Tesla’s Rise Forces Other Automakers to Up Their Electric Car Game
Daniel Gross
September 24, 2013
“I think there was a cachet about having an African-American president because of guilt,” she said.
Sorry, Michele Bachmann. We Are Ready for a Female President. And It’s Partially Because of You.
Eleanor Clift
February 20, 2014
We thought Morning Joe started to get this cachet, so why not extend the brand a little bit?
MSNBC’s Earliest Star
Lloyd Grove
July 20, 2009
Today’s quote
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State’s failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
– H. G. Wells
On this day
21 September – International Day of Peace.
21 September – World Alzheimer’s Day.
21 September 1866 – birth of Herbert George ‘H.G.’ Wells, British science fiction writer, author of The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds. Died 13 August 1946.
21 September 1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ first published.
21 September 2012 – ‘The Hobbit Second Breakfast’ at 11am – to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Hobbit, people everywhere are invited to celebrate the Hobbit Second Breakfast at 11am by popping on the kettle and sitting down with family and friends for camaraderie, companionship and a love of good food.