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HORRIPILATE
horripilate
(verb) cause (someone’s) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; “Hitchcock movies horripilate me”
horripilate
(verb) have one’s hair stand on end and get goosebumps; “I horripilate when I see violence on television”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
horripilate (third-person singular simple present horripilates, present participle horripilating, simple past and past participle horripilated)
(ambitransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. [from 1620s]
Synonyms
• have goose flesh or goose skin
• have one's hair stand on end
• perscopate (obsolete)
Anagrams
• retrophilia
Source: Wiktionary
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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