Definition of "horripilation" []

• The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps. (noun)

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• "[FN#1] This "horripilation," for which we have the poetical term"
• "What a glorious, delicious, chocolate-rich meaningful word is horripilation!"
• "When Jamrkan heard these words, the ears of his heart were opened; his skin shuddered with horripilation and he said, O my lord, what shall I say that"