horripilated

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/
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/hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/ · /hɑˌɹipiˈleɪtid/ · /-ɾid/

Definition of horripilated

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
    “Fortitude of heart is the confidence and boldness of faith that is reverent but not horripilated, hopeful but not presumptuous, heroic but not ambitious.”
    “Looking back on it, I do have fond memories of that journey—Iris in a swimsuit and horripilated flesh perched over a lake barely clear of ice, the smell of the pine woods and the intoxicating smoke of our cookfires, […]”
    “It took Cindy ten minutes to coax the horripilated feline from beneath a car, his trust in her utterly shattered. But his attention span being only marginally longer than the life span of certain theoretical subatomic particles, he soon could not remember what he was doing underneath a Volvo in the first place, and was eager to be back in the warmth of his human's arms.”
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adj

  1. Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
    “Fortitude of heart is the confidence and boldness of faith that is reverent but not horripilated, hopeful but not presumptuous, heroic but not ambitious.”
    “Looking back on it, I do have fond memories of that journey—Iris in a swimsuit and horripilated flesh perched over a lake barely clear of ice, the smell of the pine woods and the intoxicating smoke of our cookfires, […]”
    “It took Cindy ten minutes to coax the horripilated feline from beneath a car, his trust in her utterly shattered. But his attention span being only marginally longer than the life span of certain theoretical subatomic particles, he soon could not remember what he was doing underneath a Volvo in the first place, and was eager to be back in the warmth of his human's arms.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of horripilate.

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Etymology

From horripilate + -ed.

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