horripilation
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I can’t have been the only person who spent the evening in a pretty much constant state of horripilation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2018
Some of the sufferers have an external horripilation, transient shiverings are felt in the front and hind quarters and at the junction of the limbs with the trunk.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
But, suddenly, through all the horripilation there seemed to shine a light.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Isabel Katherine Hornibrook
Sambhrama here means, probably, joy, or that gratification which shows itself in horripilation.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The whole company were in a state of horripilation.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by John Roussel
