English Explanatory Dictionary

afflation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blowing or breathing on.
  2. Spiritual inspiration.
  3. Enthusiasm; strength of feeling; emotionality.
  4. A pneumotoxic infection.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Latin afflatus, past participle of afflare (“to blow or breathe on”), from ad + flare (“to blow”).

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