Auntie Mary loves words, and she loves her family, so here she smushes the two together. A thing of beauty. Her words come from her reading and from her brain, unless otherwise noted, and her definitions come from the free online dictionary at http://www.thefreedictionary.com, again unless she says differerently.
Friday, January 4, 2013
élan -- Auntie Mary, Sam, Gretchen
e`lan´
n.
1.
Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.
We are differently motivated by élan: for example, Auntie Mary by good words, Sam by tennis, and Gretchen by music.
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