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afflatus definition

af·fla·tus (ə flāt′əs, a-)

noun

inspiration or powerful impulse, as of an artist or poet

Etymology: L < pp. of afflare, to blow on < ad-, to + flare, to blow < IE base *bhel-: see bladder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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