Definitions
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- noun
ardor orzeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
Etymologies
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Examples
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_bead_ on his elan CHANGED TO bead on his _elan_ liason CHANGED TO liaison (1 place)
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Mr. Lee's motive for masquerading isn't clear, but military impostors tend to favor branches of the service with a certain elan.
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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.
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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.
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
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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."
Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?
seanahan commented on the word elan
Oh what a rush of ripe élan
Languor on divans
Dalliance and dainty
December 11, 2006