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noun
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex
Antonyms: none provided
noun
reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pilomotor reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goosebump, goose pimple, goose skin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
History
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
