Afflatus \Af*fla"tus\, n. [L., fr. afflare. See Afflation.]
1. A breath or blast of wind.
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2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse;
inspiration.
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A poet writing against his genius will be like a
prophet without his afflatus. --Spence.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
afflatus
n : a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine
afflatus"
WordNet (r) 2.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "afflatus":
Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Erato,
Euterpe, Geist, Helicon, Hippocrene, Muse, Parnassus,
Pierian Spring, Pierides, Polyhymnia, animating spirit, animation,
animus, apocalypse, creative imagination, creative thought,
creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, direct communication,
divine afflatus, divine inspiration, divine revelation,
enlivenment, epiphany, exhilaration, fire, fire of genius, firing,
genius, infection, infusion, inspiration, moving spirit,
mystical experience, mysticism, poesy, poetic genius, prophecy,
revelation, soul, spirit, talent, the Muses, theophania, theophany,
theopneustia, theopneusty
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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