afflatus

[ uh-fley-tuhs ]
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noun
  1. inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within.

  2. divine communication of knowledge.

Origin of afflatus

1
1655–65; <Latin afflātus a breathing on, equivalent to af-af- + flā- (stem of flāre to blow2) + -tus suffix of v. action

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British Dictionary definitions for afflatus

afflatus

/ (əˈfleɪtəs) /


noun
  1. an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)

Origin of afflatus

1
C17: Latin, from afflātus, from afflāre to breathe or blow on, from flāre to blow

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