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Afflatus

//əˈfleɪtəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.

    "divine afflatus"

  2. 2
    a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration wordnet

Etymology

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”).

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