horripilation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
horripilation (countable and uncountable, plural horripilations)
- A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
- ✤ Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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