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afflatus

aff·la·tus

UK/əˈfleɪtəs/ US/əˈfleɪtəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration

  • “divine afflatus”

Origin

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

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