noun
1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
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they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
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he felt a kind of religious zeal
2. distinctive and stylish elegance
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he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
• Hypernyms: ↑elegance
3. enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
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a performance of great elan and sophistication
• Hypernyms: ↑liveliness, ↑life, ↑spirit, ↑sprightliness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.