estron.
Inspiration, irresistible impulse; = oestrus n. 2.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > irresistible impulse
estro1606
the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [noun] > specific type of inspiration or exaltation > of poets and prophets
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > poetic rage
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1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. D iij With..this same Estro, or Enthusiasme..Will we goe rate the Prince.
1817 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1976) V. 157 I have not done a stitch of poetry since I left Switzerland—& have not at present the ‘estro’ upon me.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur ix. lxxxvii The knight sublimely stung Caught the full œstro of the poet's fire.
1849 D. G. Rossetti Let. 18 Oct. (1965) I. 81 The verse gets its measure of estro accordingly.
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