horripilation
\ haw-rip-uh-LEY-shuhn, ho- \ , noun;
1.a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose flesh.
Quotes:
He wondered if that was because they all were ready to leave, but as he surveyed the crowd, he began to feel something prickly and wonderful happening to his skin. Horripilation .
-- Glen David Gold, "Carter Beats the Devil," 2001
A wonderful desire and love impel men from distant regions to visit the holy spot, and the first sight of the Ka'abah causes awe and fear, horripilation and tears.
-- Richard Francis Burton, "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina ," 1874
Origin:
Horripilation shares a root with the word horror in the Latin verb horrēre meaning "to bristle." It entered English in the mid-1600s.
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