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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