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noun
a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose flesh.
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Horripilation
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| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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| horripilation (hɒˌrɪpɪˈleɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a technical name for goose flesh |
| 2. | the erection of any short bodily hairs |
| [C17: from Late Latin horripilātiō a bristling, from Latin horrēre to stand on end + pilus hair] | |
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horripilation hor·rip·i·la·tion (hô-rĭp'ə-lā'shən, hŏ-)
n.
The bristling of body hair, as from cold; goose bumps.
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