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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration;
- Example: "divine afflatus"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

afflatus
    n 1: a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine
         afflatus"