Literary notes about Gusto (AI summary)
Literary authors wield the term "gusto" with remarkable versatility, assigning it meanings that range from a vivid display of enthusiasm to a refined sense of taste. At times characters engage in actions or speak with palpable gusto, as seen when a character sings a familiar tune or reads with infectious passion ([1], [2], [3]), thereby emphasizing an energetic, wholehearted involvement. In other instances, the word refers to an inherent sense of aesthetic pleasure or a personal predilection—whether describing the beauty of a scene or the propriety of certain choices ([4], [5], [6]). Such usage encapsulates both the emotive force of vibrant expression and the subtle articulations of taste, underscoring literature’s appreciation for experiences that are not merely seen or heard, but savored with gusto ([7], [8], [9]).
- He only knew one song and he sang it with gusto.
— from Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell - "Excellent—very good," said my uncle, with as much gusto as if he had just left the steps of the club at Hamburg.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - Davy had picked this expression up from Mr. Harrison and used it with great gusto . . .
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - [50] se escogen los motivos, las guardas, etc., al gusto del propietario.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson - [11] de buen gusto, is pleasant to the taste .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson - Ŝi estas virino kun bona gusto , she is a woman with (of) good taste .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed - I expect that Shakespeare devised Iago with a gusto which he never knew when, weaving moonbeams with his fancy, he imagined Desdemona.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham - As a critic he belongs to a higher level, if only because of his eager curiosity, his gusto in novelty.
— from Prejudices, First Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken - He talked of adventures, of travel, of women, with a hearty gusto that had its infection.
— from Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
