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frisson
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French frisson. Doublet of friction.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?i?.s???/
- (US) IPA(key): /f?i?so?n/, /f?i?sõ?n/
Noun
frisson (plural frissons)
- A sudden surge of excitement.
- A shiver, a thrill.
Translations
Anagrams
- Frisons
French
Etymology
From Late Latin *fr?cti?, from Latin fr?ge? (“to be cold”). Unrelated to the Classical Latin fricti?, borrowed as French friction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?i.s??/
Noun
frisson m (plural frissons)
- A shiver or thrill of fright that can be strangely pleasurable, as when reading good horror fiction.
- An experience of intense excitement.
Related terms
- froid
Further reading
- “frisson” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- frisons
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shudder
English
Etymology
From Middle English *shudderen, *schuderen (suggested by Middle English shuddering, schudering (“shaking, quivering, shuddering”)), from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *skewd?-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???d?/
- Homophone: shutter (accents with flapping)
- Rhymes: -?d?(?)
- Hyphenation: shud?der
Noun
shudder (plural shudders)
- A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
- A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
Synonyms
- (shivering tremor): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver
- (frisson): shiver (cold), quiver, tingle, thrill
Translations
Verb
shudder (third-person singular simple present shudders, present participle shuddering, simple past and past participle shuddered)
- (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
- (intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.
Synonyms
- (shake nervously): palpitate, shiver, shake, quake
- (vibrate jerkily): flutter, jiggle, shake, wiggle
Translations
See also
- judder
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