Afflatus (noun)
af-layt-us
inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within./ divine communication of knowledge.
1655–65; Latin afflātus a breathing on, equivalent to af-af- + flā- (stem of flāre to blow2) + -tus suffix of v. action
Example sentences
“The idea for the story felt like divine afflatus, and he started scribbling notes immediately.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
