horripilation

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"They tell," replied Bahram, "(but Allah alone is All knowing) the following tale of End of Vol. 3 Arabian Nights, Volume 3 Footnotes FN#1] This "horripilation," for which we have the poetical term "goose-flesh," is often mentioned in Hindu as in Arab literature FN#2] How often we have heard this in England FN#3] As a styptic.

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  1. noun The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps.

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  • "They tell," replied Bahram, "(but Allah alone is All knowing) the following tale of End of Vol. 3 Arabian Nights, Volume 3 Footnotes FN#1] This "horripilation," for which we have the poetical term "goose-flesh," is often mentioned in Hindu as in Arab literature FN#2] How often we have heard this in England FN#3] As a styptic. —  Arabian nights. English
  • '[FN#370] I saw Al-Shafi'i's colour change; his skin shuddered with horripilation, he was violently moved and he fell down in a fainting fit When he revived he said, 'I take refuge with Allah from the stead of the liars and the lot of the negligent! —  Arabian nights. English
  • "Habb;" alluding to the black drop in the human heart which the Archangel Gabriel removed from Mohammed by opening his breast FN#486] This phrase, I have said, often occurs: it alludes to the horripilation (Arab. —  Arabian nights. English
  • You don't know what horripilation means? —  TakePart Social Action Network™
  • Word For The Day, Thursday, November 13, 2008 - horripilation dictionaries ad nauseum, internet —  Latest Articles
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  1. Late Latin horripilātiō, horripilātiōn-, from Latin horripilātus, past participle of horripilāre, to bristle with hairs : horrēre, to tremble + pilāre, to grow hair (from pilus, hair).

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  1. = French horripilation = Spanish horripilacion = Portuguese horripilação = Italian orripilazione, from Late Latin horripilatio(n-), from horripilare, bristle with hairs, be shaggy, from Latin horrere, bristle, + pilus, hair.
 

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/hɑrɪpɪˈleɪʃən/
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