noun
afflatus
Afflatus (noun) means a sudden burst of creative inspiration, sometimes thought to come from a divine source.
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A sudden burst of creative inspiration, sometimes thought to come from a divine source.
"Imagine a sentimental young man of the provinces, awaking one morning to the somewhat startling discovery that he is full of the divine afflatus, and nominated by the hierarchy of hell to enrich the literature of his fatherland."
— Henry Louis Mencken, The National Letters. 4. The Ferment Underground (1920)
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Etymology
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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"afflatus" (noun) means a sudden burst of creative inspiration, sometimes thought to come from a divine source.
