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afflatus

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Noun — A sudden burst of creative inspiration, sometimes thought to come from a divine source.

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An unadapted borrowing from Latin afflātus (“breath, blowing or breathing on, spiritual inspiration”), from afflō (“to blow, breathe on or towards”) plus -tus (forming action nouns), itself from ad- (“to, towards”) plus flō (“breathe, blow”). See also af-.

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