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.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
