gusto

[ guhs-toh ]

/ ˈgʌs toʊ /

hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: to dance with gusto.

individual taste or liking: The boy is an imaginative charmer, with a gusto for storytelling.

Archaic. artistic style or taste.

Origin of gusto

1620–30; < Italian < Latin gustus; see gust²

As admirable as the U.S. fightback against Belgium was the pride and gusto of their fans.

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Of course, the young people on the progressive side of the hall supported my cause with gusto.

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For her other performance, she also belted “Wrecking Ball” with all the gusto of a young Linda Blair having an exorcism.

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After he said, “go ahead,” she “took a handful and swallowed them with gusto and no dramatics.”

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Portrayed with gusto by Rade Šerbedžija, this elder thug has plans for Kim, if he can recapture her.

‘Taken 2’s’ Crazy Sexual Politics! |Tracy Quan |October 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Teal resumed his remarks with the gusto of a fellow-conspirator.

A Man of Means |P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill
Then came Scarlett with a couple of balls of tow for plugging seams, which he thrust with gusto into their mouths.

Lochinvar |S. R. Crockett
Other men have painted single heads as well or better: but Hals stands alone in his gusto, his abundance, his surpassing brio.

A Wanderer in Holland |E. V. Lucas
He pronounced the word with gusto, and I thought it suited with the scene.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI |Robert Louis Stevenson
For the first twelve months Ibsen enjoyed the pleasures of the prodigal returned, and fed with gusto on the fatted calf.

Henrik Ibsen |Edmund Gosse

gusto

/ (ˈɡʌstəʊ) /

vigorous enjoyment, zest, or relish, esp in the performance of an action the aria was sung with great gusto

C17: from Spanish: taste, from Latin gustus a tasting; see gustation