horripilate

Meaning

Verb

• To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.

Related

Similar words

• have goose flesh or goose skin
• have one's hair stand on end
• perscopate

Origin

• From Late Latin horripilātus, past participle of horripilāre, from horrēre, present infinitive of horreō (from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ("to bristle")) + pilus (from Proto-Indo-European *pil- ("[[strand#Noun")).