"horripilation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horripilations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|horripilatio|horripilatio, horripilationem}} Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} horripilation (countable and uncountable, plural horripilations)
  1. A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex Related terms: horripilate, horripilatory, horror Translations (bristling of the hair — see also goose bump): настръхване (nastrǎhvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kananliha (Finnish), დაბურძგვლა (daburʒgvla) (Georgian), horripilation [feminine] (Old French), гуси́ная ко́жа (gusínaja kóža) [feminine] (Russian), escalofríos [masculine, plural] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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