é·lan (ā-läN, 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 lancāere, to throw a lance, from Latin lancea, lance).]
posted by Elise at
11:39 PM
|
2 comments
Main Entry: no·men·cla·tor Pronunciation: nō'mən-klā́tər Function: noun Etymology: Latin, slave whose duty was to announce the names of persons met during a political campaign, from nomen + calare to call 1 : a book containing collections or lists of words 2 archaic : one who announces the names of guests or of persons generally 3 : one who gives names to or invents names for things
