chicken fleshn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n flɛʃ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪkən ˌflɛʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., flesh n.

Etymology: < chicken n. + flesh n., with allusion to the appearance of the skin of a plucked chicken. Compare earlier gooseflesh n. 2a, hen flesh n. 2, and slightly later chicken skin n. 2a.In quot. 1844 after French chair de poule (1830 or earlier in this sense).

Now rare.

A state of the skin caused by cold, fear, or excitement, in which small bumps appear on the surface as the hairs become erect. Cf. gooseflesh n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > hair standing on end or gooseflesh

horripilation1656

goose-skin1785

goose-flesha1834

chicken flesh1844

goose pimples1889

goose bumps1933

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh

crispation1710

goose-skin1785

hen flesh1825

goose-flesha1834

chicken flesh1844

goose pimples1889

1844 tr. D. Gruby in Lancet 4 May 188/1 Circular patches, covered with small white scales, and with slight inequalities analogous to what is vulgarly called chicken flesh [Fr. la chair de poule].

1859 N.Y. Times 22 July 2/4 The slightest shade of chicken flesh came stealing over me again.

1887 Month 61 14 I got ‘chicken flesh’ all over my body.

a1946 C. Garnett tr. A. Chekhov Bear in C. Garnett et al. tr. A. Chekhov Ten Plays (2008) 65 Brr! I am chicken-flesh all over—that feminine creature has put me in such a rage!

2013 @ElizaDayJ 1 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Listened to SOAD on my way into work and now I have chicken flesh all over my body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chicken flesh
释义	chicken fleshn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n flɛʃ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkən ˌflɛʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., flesh n. Etymology: < chicken n. + flesh n., with allusion to the appearance of the skin of a plucked chicken. Compare earlier gooseflesh n. 2a, hen flesh n. 2, and slightly later chicken skin n. 2a.In quot. 1844 after French chair de poule (1830 or earlier in this sense). Now rare. A state of the skin caused by cold, fear, or excitement, in which small bumps appear on the surface as the hairs become erect. Cf. gooseflesh n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > hair standing on end or gooseflesh horripilation1656 goose-skin1785 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 goose bumps1933 the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh crispation1710 goose-skin1785 hen flesh1825 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 1844 tr. D. Gruby in Lancet 4 May 188/1 Circular patches, covered with small white scales, and with slight inequalities analogous to what is vulgarly called chicken flesh [Fr. la chair de poule]. 1859 N.Y. Times 22 July 2/4 The slightest shade of chicken flesh came stealing over me again. 1887 Month 61 14 I got ‘chicken flesh’ all over my body. a1946 C. Garnett tr. A. Chekhov Bear in C. Garnett et al. tr. A. Chekhov Ten Plays (2008) 65 Brr! I am chicken-flesh all over—that feminine creature has put me in such a rage! 2013 @ElizaDayJ 1 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Listened to SOAD on my way into work and now I have chicken flesh all over my body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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