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é⋅lan

  [ey-lahn, ey-lan; Fr. ey-lahn]
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–noun
dash; impetuous ardor: to dance with great élan.
Origin:
1875–80; F, MF eslan a dash, rush, n. deriv. of eslancer to dart, equiv. to es- ex- 1 + lancer to lance 1
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é·lan   (ā-läɴ', ā-län')   
n.  

  1. Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness.

  2. Distinctive style or flair.


[French, from Old French eslan, rush, from eslancer, to hurl : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + lancer, to throw (from Late Latin lanceāre, to throw a lance, from Latin lancea, lance).]
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Word Origin & History

elan 
1877, from Fr. élan, from élancer "to rush, dart," from O.Fr. elancer, from e- "out" + lancer "to throw a lance," from L.L. lanceare, from L. lancea "lance."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Elan
["Top-down Programming with Elan", C.H.A. Koster, Ellis Horwood 1987].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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