frisson
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fris·son 
[free-sohn; Fr. free-sawn] Pronunciation Key
[free-sohn; Fr. free-sawn] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -sons
[-sohnz; Fr. -sawn] Pronunciation Key.
[-sohnz; Fr. -sawn] Pronunciation Key. | a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill: The movie offers the viewer the occasional frisson of seeing a character in mortal danger. |
[Origin: 1770–80; < F: shiver, shudder, OF friçons (pl.) < LL frictiōnem, acc. of frictiō shiver (taken as deriv. of frīgére to be cold), L: massage, friction]
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| fris·son
(frē-sōɴ') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fris·sons (-sōɴz', -sōɴ') A moment of intense excitement; a shudder: The story's ending arouses a frisson of terror. [French, from Old French fricons, pl. of fricon, a trembling, from Vulgar Latin *frīctiō, *frīctiōn-, from Latin frīgēre, to be cold.] |
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| frisson | |
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| an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" |
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