[れいかん, reikan] (n) (1) inspiration; afflatus; (2) ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.) [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Afflatus \Af*fla"tus\, n. [L., fr. afflare. See {Afflation}.]
1. A breath or blast of wind.
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2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse;
inspiration.
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A poet writing against his genius will be like a
prophet without his afflatus. --Spence.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afflatus
n 1: a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine
afflatus"
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