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Once again, it's just too easy, really....
afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun:
A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.
Examples
"Whatever happened to passion and vision and the divine afflatus in poetry?"
-Clive Hicks, "From 'Green Man' (Ronsdale)," Toronto Star, November 21, 1999
"Aristophanes must have eclipsed them...by the exhibition of some diviner faculty, some higher spiritual afflatus."
-John Addington Symonds, Studies of the Greek Poets
"The miraculous spring that nourished Homer's afflatus seems out of reach of today's writers, whose desperate yearning for inspiration only indicates the coming of an age of 'exhaustion.'"
-Benzi Zhang, "Paradox of origin(ality)," Studies in Short Fiction, March 22, 1995
Etymology
Afflatus is from Latin afflatus, past participle of afflare, "to blow at or breathe on," from ad-, "at" + flare, "to puff, to blow." Other words with the same root include deflate (de-, "out of" + flare); inflate (in-, "into" + flare); soufflé, the "puffed up" dish (from French souffler, "to puff," from Latin sufflare, "to blow from below," hence "to blow up, to puff up," from sub-, "below" + flare); and flatulent.
And now for the (too easy) drabble, that somehow manages to incorporate nothing but two prepositions in the title. I shame myself, sometimes.
From Within
His peers credited the Valar for their inspiration, and they often asked him, “What of you?” for if any wonder was inspired by Varda’s stars or the gems of Manwë, it must be the Lamps of Fëanaro.
He laughed and named many things—but never the Valar: the love of his wife, the light in the eyes of his newborn sons, the undying loyalty of his father. For, then, even Fëanaro knew the danger that was unrestrained pride.
But the truth of his afflatus, he knew, in the same secret place where he kindled his genius:
It came from within.
afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun:
A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.
Examples
"Whatever happened to passion and vision and the divine afflatus in poetry?"
-Clive Hicks, "From 'Green Man' (Ronsdale)," Toronto Star, November 21, 1999
"Aristophanes must have eclipsed them...by the exhibition of some diviner faculty, some higher spiritual afflatus."
-John Addington Symonds, Studies of the Greek Poets
"The miraculous spring that nourished Homer's afflatus seems out of reach of today's writers, whose desperate yearning for inspiration only indicates the coming of an age of 'exhaustion.'"
-Benzi Zhang, "Paradox of origin(ality)," Studies in Short Fiction, March 22, 1995
Etymology
Afflatus is from Latin afflatus, past participle of afflare, "to blow at or breathe on," from ad-, "at" + flare, "to puff, to blow." Other words with the same root include deflate (de-, "out of" + flare); inflate (in-, "into" + flare); soufflé, the "puffed up" dish (from French souffler, "to puff," from Latin sufflare, "to blow from below," hence "to blow up, to puff up," from sub-, "below" + flare); and flatulent.
And now for the (too easy) drabble, that somehow manages to incorporate nothing but two prepositions in the title. I shame myself, sometimes.
From Within
His peers credited the Valar for their inspiration, and they often asked him, “What of you?” for if any wonder was inspired by Varda’s stars or the gems of Manwë, it must be the Lamps of Fëanaro.
He laughed and named many things—but never the Valar: the love of his wife, the light in the eyes of his newborn sons, the undying loyalty of his father. For, then, even Fëanaro knew the danger that was unrestrained pride.
But the truth of his afflatus, he knew, in the same secret place where he kindled his genius:
It came from within.
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Date: 2005-09-15 12:57 am (UTC)Hehe...I've never been able to think about the Feanorian Family Jewels without smirking...Really, who wouldn't be
hell bentanxious about getting their jewels back?? Although, I can't say I wouldn't want to keep them either! ;)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 12:58 am (UTC)Er, that should be "I wouldn't want to give them up, either!!" ;)
But I'm sure you know what I mean...
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Date: 2005-09-15 01:03 am (UTC)The obsession with Feanorian family jewels has always made me titter. Speaking of good words, "titter"...hehe....
::crawls out of gutter and wrings out clothes::
ANYWAY, it's a bit weird, though, that they have three. Although that might explain the seven sons!
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Date: 2005-09-15 01:09 am (UTC)ROTFLMAO!!! Too true!!