Schwungn.
/ʃvʊŋ/ Energy; verve; panache.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > mental or moral vigour
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Schwung1930
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Oct. 893/1 That crisp tailored little figure with her dash of chic, of Schwung and pep.
1974 Times 8 Mar. 12/6 The more Maazel conducts the orchestra these days, the more one regrets that he is no longer its chief. Their accompanying of the Rachmaninov C minor concerto had just the Schwung lacking in the soloist's contribution.
1979 Nature 5 July 48/1 Superimposed on this general trend, Suess drew with ‘cosmic schwung’, medium-term variations through his data.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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