horripilation
Meaning
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Synonyms
goose-flesh
goose-skin
erection of the hair
Translations
Schauder
ανατριχίλα
chair de poule
pelle d’oca
rillingen
Pele-de-galinha
pell de gallinaEtymology
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
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