horripilation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

   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

Bulgarian: настръхване n (nastrǎhvane) Finnish: kananliha (fi) French: Old French: horripilation f Georgian: დაბურძგვლა (daburʒgvla) Russian: гуси́ная ко́жа (ru) f (gusínaja kóža) Spanish: escalofríos (es) m pl, horripilación f (disused)