ˈgə(ˌ)stō noun
( -es )
Etymology: Spanish, delight, pleasure, taste, from Latin gustus taste; akin to Latin gustare to taste — more at choose
1.
a. : taste , liking , appreciation
b. : keen or intense appreciation : great usually enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or delight
describes the adventure … with enormous gusto — Robert Payne
c. : vitality marked by an overabundance of healthy positive and often unrefined vigor and enthusiasm
the good animal gusto of a child of nature — Aldous Huxley
its pioneering gusto and its tremendous physical energy — Green Peyton
his gigantic gusto , his delight in toil and struggle, his superb aliveness — H.L.Mencken
2. archaic : artistic style especially marked by lofty spirit or taste