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afflatus

Syllables: af·fla·tus/əˈfleɪtəs/US/əˈfleɪtəs/

afflatus noun: a sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.

afflatus: a sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence
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Noun

afflatus (plural afflatuses)

  1. A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
    • divine afflatus
    • 'Tis extremely difficult to keep up the Spirit of Poetry in another's Compoſitions, tho' you catch all the […] apteſt Moments; and never employ the Mind, but when there is an Impetus comes upon it toward that particular buſineſs: […] I know not how far this was the Caſe with Mr. [Alexander] Pope...1726, [Joseph Spence], “Evening the Third”, in An Essay on Pope's Odyssey: In which some Particular Beauties and Blemishes of that Work are Consider'd, London: Printed for James and J. Knapton, R....
    Synonyms:
    afflation

afflatus meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

afflatus in Tamil

அருளூக்கம், சன்னதம், ஆவேசம், மன எழுச்சி

afflatus in Urdu

الہام, کَشَف, وجدان

afflatus in Bengali

ঐশ্বরিক অনুপ্রেরণা, সৃজনশীল শক্তির আবেশ

afflatus in Arabic

sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration
وَحْي waḥy, إلْهَام ʔilhām

Synonyms of afflatus

Forms of afflatus

pluralafflatuses

Origin of afflatus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin afflātus (“breath, blowing or breathing on, spiritual inspiration”), from afflō (“to blow, breathe on or towards”) + -tus (forming action nouns), from ad- (“to, towards”) + flō (“breathe, blow”). See also af-.

Words that rhyme with afflatus

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Questions about afflatus

What does afflatus mean?
Afflatus means a sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
What is afflatus in Tamil?
Afflatus in Tamil is அருளூக்கம், சன்னதம், ஆவேசம். See Afflatus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is afflatus?
Afflatus is a noun.
How do you pronounce afflatus?
Afflatus is pronounced /əˈfleɪtəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of afflatus?
The plural of afflatus is afflatuses.

Words near afflatus in the dictionary

  1. afflated
  2. afflates
  3. afflating
  4. afflation
  5. afflations
  6. afflatus
  7. afflatuses
  8. Affleck
  9. Afflecks
  10. afflict
  11. afflicted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afflatus (page history and authors); afflatus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afflatus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afflatus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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