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Elan   /ˈilən/   Listen
Elan

noun
1.
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).  Synonyms: ardor, ardour, zeal.  "He felt a kind of religious zeal"
2.
Distinctive and stylish elegance.  Synonyms: dash, flair, panache, style.
3.
Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.



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"Elan" Quotes from Famous Books



... helpful to me than anything I can remember for a long while. And what a book I have got! A complete resignation without losing energy on one's work at hand that is what one may strive for. Energy and conviction and elan are not usually resigned to all obstacles and resignation is often lassitude. I feel resignation so necessary and at the same time I have such infinite faith in the power of 'il faut' (one must). The worst thing I am afraid of is to become tired in the way I mean. I think ...
— Nelka - Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch • Michael Moukhanoff

... His dark eyes sparked above his teguelmoust veil and he presented himself before Homer Crawford with the elan of a Napoleonic cavalryman before his emperor. Were red leather fil fil boots capable of producing a clicking of heels, that ...
— Border, Breed Nor Birth • Dallas McCord Reynolds



Words linked to "Elan" :   spirit, ardor, eagerness, panache, life, keenness, avidness, elegance, sprightliness, liveliness, avidity



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