afflated, ppl. a.
(əˈfleɪtɪd)
[f. afflate v. + -ed.]
Breathed upon; inspired.
| 1850 Mrs. Browning Felicia Hemans v. 4 Poems II. 210 The tripod for the afflated Woe. 1862 Thackeray Round. Papers (1879) II. 229 We spake anon of the inflated style of some writers. What also if there is an afflated style—when a writer is like a Pythoness? |