gusto

noun

1. (uncountable)Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

   “He sang with more gusto than talent.”

   “Sing, Johnny One-Note / Sing out with gusto / And just overwhelm all the crowd”

   “And the sound increases … the power grows … gusto becomes something else: rage.”

   “They take sledgehammers to statues with an uncommon gusto – destroying in seconds what may have survived centuries.”

   “Germany regeared for the second half: same shape, more control. Mexico had lost some of their vim. And before long the game had turned on its head, with Germany able to keep the ball now, Kroos hitting his range, and Mexico less adept at seizing possession, unable to spring forward with such gusto.”

2. (rare, uncountable)An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavour

   “Why should you force wine upon us? We are not all of your gusto.”

3. (uncountable)The style in which a work is done, artistic style. (occasionally) the prevailing style in matters of taste.

   “The Designs..are of very mean Gusto.”

4. (obsolete, uncountable)Aesthetic appreciation.

   “Another, who has no Gusto of either sort, believes all those they call Virtuosi to be half-distracted.”

5. (obsolete, rare, uncountable)(Of food) Flavour or savour

   “Melons of the richest gusto abound everywhere.”