Brio
Definition: enthusiasm, vigor
It’s historically Italian for “mettle”, “fire,” or “life.” As of today, it translates directly as “liveliness.”
Why I Looked It Up
In Kingmakers:
Two years later, departing on leave for England, Wilson with characteristic brio signed on as a coal stoker to save money and build his muscles during the voyage home.
In Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, Valerie Plame writes:
In a speech in early October 2002, President George Bush, said with typical brio…