Definition of élan

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é·lan    (-lä, -län) KEY 

NOUN:

1. Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness.
2. Distinctive style or flair.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French eslan, rush, from eslancer, to hurl : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + lancer, to throw (from Late Latin lancere, to throw a lance, from Latin lancea, lance)