Afflatus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afflatus
       n : a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine
           afflatus"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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