cachet

Meanings

Noun

• A seal, as of a letter.
• A special characteristic or quality; prestige.
• A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
• A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
• A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
• A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.

Verb

• To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.

Origin

• Borrowed from French cachet, first appearing in Scottish English, from 1630.