afflatus
Meaning
Noun
- A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Latin afflātus ("a breath, an act of breathing out or breathing upon; breeze, gust of air, vapour, wind#Noun"), from afflāre (from afflō, from ad- + flō) + -tus. The related Latin word adflātū was first used in the “inspiration” sense by the Roman [[orator and philosopher Cicero (106–43 ) in De Natura Deorum (The Nature of the Gods, 44 ), book II, section 167.
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