Obs. rare. [a. L. entheos, -us, Gr. ἔνθεος divinely inspired, f. ἐν in + θεός god.
The use by Eng. authors appears to be suggested by some such L. phrase as entheus ardor.]
An indwelling divine power; inspiration.
1594. J. Dickenson, Arisbas (1878), 78. The diuine ENTHEOS … should be affoorded to other nations. Ibid. (c. 1595), Sheph. Compl. (1878), 23. Matchlesse perfections, wrought in them by vertue of a diuine Entheos.
1782. J. Scott, Painting, Wks. (Anderson), 770. Without the Entheus Nature’s self bestows, The world no painter nor no poet knows.
Hence † Entheous a. [+ -OUS.] divinely inspired.
1682. H. More, Annot. Glanvill’s Lux O., 33. Men of a more Æthereal and Entheous temper.
