Did you mean élan?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
Etymologies
- French, from Old French eslan, rush, from eslancer, to hurl : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + lancer, to throw (from Late Latin lanceāre, to throw a lance, from Latin lancea, lance).
Examples
“_bead_ on his elan CHANGED TO bead on his _elan_ liason CHANGED TO liaison (1 place)”
“Mr. Lee's motive for masquerading isn't clear, but military impostors tend to favor branches of the service with a certain elan.”
“In any case, in that game you were able to accumulate points (I seem to think they were called 'elan' points) which allowed you, at a certain point, to summon your friendly god of chaos to help out.”
“Because I know in the Midwestern Governors 'Conference, they don't have the kind of elan and spirit and all that sort of thing that you have in the Southern Governors' Conference.”
“Wilson, with characteristic elan, argued that Lululemon would be giving poor Chinese youth jobs, and should be applauded, not lambasted, for wanting to assist in Third World "development.”
The Huffington Post: Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
“One strike for using psionics, especially with the “elan” thing.”
“Munro is also good on the interaction between politics and science: the full-throated commitment of Khrushchev played with pugnacious elan by Brian Doherty to the space programme is succeeded by the caution of Brezhnev and the crabby criticism of the generals.”
“Every commentator has his specialism – John Motson, for instances, approaches football with such boyish glee you can't help wondering if he still points excitedly at diggers and trains, too – and Pearce tackles the pronunciation of non‑English names with so much brio and elan it should be classified as an extreme sport.”
The Guardian: Short shorts put Australians in a tight spot at the Rugby World Cup | Harry Pearson
“For manufacturing's sake, we need Hickman's design elan and the Workmate spirit today.”
“Certainly the close-up fight scenes were shot and edited with pioneering and striking elan, and the decision to film in "old newsreel" monochrome was, you might say, vividly illuminating.”
The Guardian: Sport in celluloid: Why Raging Bull lacks punch of Chariots of Fire | Frank Keating
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘elan’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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avfordomd's list
lexicon
copacetic, amiable, philanthropic, misanthropic, gregarious, vehement, parcel, congregate, paucity, passel, multitudinous, pulchritudinous and 98 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 414 more...
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Words you've never actually heard in conversation.
akimbo, elan, pastiche, contumelious, toady, patronym, scrogneugneu, fecund, latitudinarian, analgesic, eschew
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Sound Sex
taciturn, deflower, recursive, parapraxis, comitative, atelic, awkward, eccentric, libidinous, astereognosis, aloof, moonglade and 44 more...
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Energetic
braze, raze, brisance, brisant, rive, catalyze, whipsaw, crack, actinic, sublimate, animate, vitalize and 88 more...
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French words to throw around next time you fee...
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bon mot, bon vivant, boulevardier, accoutrement, ménage à trois, melee, coup de grace, elan, bete noir, agent provocateur, crème de la crème, haut monde and 42 more...
seanahan Oh what a rush of ripe élan
Languor on divans
Dalliance and dainty Dec 11, 2006