afflatus

名词 n.
/əˈfleɪtəs/    /əˈfleɪtəs/|/-ɾəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
    — divine afflatus

词形变化

afflatuses plural

词源

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-.
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