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Gooseflesh   Listen
noun
gooseflesh  n.  A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin; called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose bumps.
Synonyms: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.





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"Gooseflesh" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Gooseflesh" :   pilomotor reflex, goose pimple, goosebump, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction, innate reflex, reflex, instinctive reflex, inborn reflex, reflex response, goose bump, horripilation, goose skin


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