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horripilate

hor·ri·pi·late

UK/hɒˈɹɪpɪˌleɪt/ US/hɔˈɹɪpəˌleɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

have one''s hair stand on end and get goosebumps

  • “I horripilate when I see violence on television”
2.

cause (someone''s) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps

  • “Hitchcock movies horripilate me”

Origin

From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bristle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from horreō (“to bristle, shiver, dread”) + pilus (“hair”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).

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