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Afflatus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. A breath or blast of wind.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A breath or blast of wind.

n. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A blowing or breathing on, as of wind; a breath or blast of wind.

n. An impelling mental force acting from within; supernal impulse or power, as of prophecy or expression; religious, poetic, or oratorical inspiration.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration

Word Usage

"So, over and over, when we looked - when I looked up words in the dictionary, see where Whitman was in 1855, there was always some surprising interesting accuracy or some area like the word afflatus or flatus."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

inspiration

Synonym

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inspiration

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