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Gooseflesh

noun
1.
Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.  Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex.





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... said, often occurs: it alludes to the horripilation (Arab. Kush'arirah), horror or gooseflesh which, in Arab as in Hindu fables, is a symptom of great joy. So Boccaccio's "pelo arriciato" v., 8: ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton


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