How to pronounce afflatus
American English pronunciation
uh-FLAY-tus
- IPA
- /əˈfleɪtəs/
- Syllables
- uh · FLAY · tus (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What afflatus means
A sudden burst of inspiration to create something
In a sentence: Struck by afflatus, the painter worked all night on her new picture.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning a breath or a blowing on something. Later it came to mean a spark of inspiration.
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