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frisson (n.)
"emotional thrill," 1777 (Walpole), from French
frisson
"fever, illness; shiver, thrill" (12c.), from Latin
frigere
"to be cold" (see
frigid
). Scant record of the word in English between Walpole's use and 1888.
