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Latin
Etymology
From horripilō + -tiō.
Noun
horripilātiō f (genitive horripilātiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin) bristling (of the hair)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “horripilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- horripilatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- horripilatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016