| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| afflatus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fla·tus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fl  ts |
| NOUN: | A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin affltus, from past participle of afflre, to breathe on : ad-, ad- + flre, to blow; see bhl - in Appendix I.
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