Definitions for elan

elan é·lan

Spelling: [ey-lahn, ey-lan; French ey-lah Elan is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in elan (aeln).

Definitions for elan

noun

  1. dash; impetuous ardor:

Origin of elan

1875-80; French, Middle French eslan a dash, rush, noun derivative of eslancer to dart, equivalent to es- ex-1 + lancer to lance

Examples for elan

Daim is the French for deer, and cerf for stag; elan is the true term, when one would speak of an elk.

My friend Sarakoff and I introduced the germ that we discovered into the elan reservoirs.

elan was its characteristic—but it was hard to reduce to the stratified regularity of an army.

Besides, there isnt any dead body awaiting his elan on that ship or any ship.

Now that we know about DNA, we no longer need an elan vital.

As the indictment notes, Martoma was regarded by an SAC official as a “one-trick pony with elan.”

The course of the aqueduct from elan to Birmingham was marked by a thin red line.

On the north lay the river elan and on the south the steep side of a mountain towered up against the luminous sky.

The romance of elan energized the volunteers who flocked to the colors in the early years of the struggle.

It was not an ordinary movement, but an intense rush made with all the elan and vigour of hardy and highly-trained men.

Word Value for elan
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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