Elan: alternatives and connections

Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

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The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

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Alt. of Elegancy

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The quality or state of being keen.

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The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

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To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

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An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

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