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AFFLATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does afflatus mean?
• AFFLATUS (noun)
The noun AFFLATUS has 1 sense:
1. a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
Familiarity information: AFFLATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
divine afflatus
Hypernyms ("afflatus" is a kind of...):
inspiration (arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity)
Context examples
The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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