Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afflatus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Afflatus \Af*fla"tus\, n. [L., fr. afflare. See {Afflation}.]
1. A breath or blast of wind.
2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse;
inspiration.
A poet writing against his genius will be like a
prophet without his afflatus. --Spence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
afflatus
n : a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine
afflatus"
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