horripilate

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horripilate

/hɒˈɹɪpɪˌleɪt/ UK
/hɔˈɹɪpəˌleɪt/ US

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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”).

verb horripilates · horripilating · horripilated

ambitransitive To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. Another volume of ghost stories by Mrs. [Catherine] Crowe!—as grim and horrifying as the "Night Side of Nature," which sends one to bed with a shudder, and lends an awful deliberation to the act of putting out the candle. These pages would literally be frightful if they were not at the same time fas
Similar: have goose flesh, goose skin, have one's hair stand on end, perscopate

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verb to bristle in fear or horror

Deutsch	gruseln

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@misc{horripilate_2026,
  title = {horripilate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horripilate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}