English Explanatory Dictionary

horripilation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

Word forms

horripilation horripilations

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.

Synonyms

goose bump goose pimple goose skin goose flesh piloerection pilomotor reflex

Related words

horripilate horripilatory horror
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