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horripilation

[ haw-rip-uh-ley-shuhn, ho- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

horripilation

/ hɒˌrɪpɪˈleɪʃən /

First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin horripilātiōn- (stem of horripilātiō ); horripilate, -ion

C17: from Late Latin horripilātiō a bristling, from Latin horrēre to stand on end + pilus hair

The boy who saved her, the boy with the jolly tongue in his head, humorous amid the “horripilation,” had addressed it as Dad.

It seemed by its thorns to be in a state of perpetual horripilation, and by its roaming black antelopes to be rolling its eyes.

But, suddenly, through all the horripilation there seemed to shine a light.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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