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horripilate
[haw-rip-uh-leyt, ho-]
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of horripilate1
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Martin Chalifour pulled that off with his own slyly horripilating suavity.
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The eye masks lit up and the hair on my arms horripilated.
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Here the dead are pictured as eternally horripilating at death!
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Hooton made popping, sucking and gassy sounds through his mouthpiece, horripilating, so to speak, which is “a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.”
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What does horripilate mean?
Horripilate is a technical term meaning to make the hair stand up—to trigger goose bumps. It can also mean to experience this—to get goose bumps.This can happen due to cold, fear, or excitement. The process or an instance of this is called horripilation (or piloerection).Horripilation doesn’t only happen in humans. When some animals get startled or threatened, their fur raises in response. (When the fur becomes raised in this way on the neck, such as on a dog or cat, we say they’ve raised their hackles.)The same thing happens in humans, and is usually most noticeable in places where we don’t have much hair or the hair is very fine, such as the arms and neck.Example: Horror movies have the power to horripilate the viewer.
Horripilate is a technical term meaning to make the hair stand up—to trigger goose bumps. It can also mean to experience this—to get goose bumps.This can happen due to cold, fear, or excitement. The process or an instance of this is called horripilation (or piloerection).Horripilation doesn’t only happen in humans. When some animals get startled or threatened, their fur raises in response. (When the fur becomes raised in this way on the neck, such as on a dog or cat, we say they’ve raised their hackles.)The same thing happens in humans, and is usually most noticeable in places where we don’t have much hair or the hair is very fine, such as the arms and neck.Example: Horror movies have the power to horripilate the viewer.
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