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afflatus

[ uh-fley-tuhs ]

noun

  1. inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within.
  2. divine communication of knowledge.


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 )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of afflatus1

1655–65; < Latin afflātus a breathing on, equivalent to af- af- + flā- (stem of flāre to blow 2 ) + -tus suffix of v. action
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Word History and Origins

Origin of afflatus1

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

The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her ‘vortex’, hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent.

He enhanced the model with jet travel and a visionary, indefinitely utopian afflatus like that of a Buckminster Fuller or a Marshall McLuhan.

At the same, he crucially overrides aspects of Deng’s legacy that might limit his afflatus and sense of mission.”

There, the Hagen never let the afflatus of passion overrule the printed markings in the music; if Brahms wrote “piano,” the playing stayed soft, no matter how amorous the feeling.

But he was impelled throughout with the afflatus of Dvorak’s earthy genius and made the BSO sound like one of the prestigious European orchestras visiting the Kennedy Center.

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