Definition of AFFLATUS

afflatus

Plural: afflatuses

Noun

  • A divine creative impulse or inspiration.
  • a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
    • "divine afflatus"
  • A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.

Examples

  • divine afflatus
  • Finding ’OXAZINE’ on my rack was a moment of pure Scrabble afflatus.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin afflātus (“a breath, an act of breathing out or breathing upon; breeze, gust of air, vapour, wind; inspiration”), from afflāre (from afflō (“to blow, to breathe”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + flō (“to blow, to breathe”)) + -tus (suffix producing an action noun from a verb). The related Latin word adflātū was first used in the “inspiration” sense by the Roman orator and philosopher Cicero (106–43 B.C.E.) in De Natura Deorum (The Nature of the Gods, 44 B.C.E.), book II, section 167.

Synonyms

afflation

Scrabble Score: 14

afflatus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
afflatus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
afflatus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

afflatus: valid Words With Friends Word