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frisson
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noun
a thrill; a brief episode of excitement
1905G. K. Chesterton Heretics When a French journalist desires a frisson there is a frisson; he discovers, let us say, that the President of the Republic has murdered three wives. 1991Roger ZelaznyPrince of ChaosAs I grew older, however, I, too, came to enjoy it, partly for the occasional frisson it provided my adolescence.1995Greg EganTap...a frisson of awe at the sheer Power of the Chip.2001Jeffery DeaverThe Blue NowhereHe would rather have had her close, Gillette decided, remembering during her visits how he'd loved to brush fingertips with her or press his shoe against the side of her foot, the contact producing an electric frisson that was akin to making love.

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