elan
ee luhn
- n a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- n distinctive and stylish elegance
- n enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
a performance of great elan and sophistication
- Instead, "BVD" blared its elan and vulgarity in color by DeLuxe.
- But Dutch designer Van der Meulen has solved the conundrum with elan to spare.
- He brought youth and idealism and accomplishment and elan and a sometimes boorish and clannish elitism to Washington.