frissonn.
/ˈfriːsɒn/, /ˈfrɪsɒn/, /ˈfriːsɒ̃/, U.S. /friˈsɔ̃/, /ˈfriˌsɔ̃/ An emotional thrill.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > pleasure mixed with horror
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1777 H. Walpole Let. 8 Oct. (1904) X. 130 I tore open the sacred box with..little reverence... No holy frisson, no involuntary tear warned me.
1903 A. Bennett Truth about Author xii. 156 The cult of the literary frisson.
1920 Public Opinion 24 Sept. 290/1 There had been a frisson of horror because the enemy was over the Marne.
1956 B. Russell Portraits from Memory 203 They rather enjoyed the frisson that its horrors gave them.
1967 Times 24 May 8/4 She provides that indescribable frisson which is the prerogative of only a few singers in each generation.
1971 Observer 31 Oct. 11/4 The dramatist seemed to have projected him on stage first to grip the audience with a frisson of alarm and impending melodrama.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1777- in the plain
- in the plush
- in the poop
- in the post
- in the pound
- in the pound seats
- in the pound seats occasionally seat
- in the pout
- in the pouts
- in the presence
- in the press
- in the print
- in the process of
- in the process of doing something
- in the process of time
- in the public
- in the public domain
- in the public eye
- in the pudding club
- in the purse
- in the quality of
- in the quill
- in the quodlibets
- in the racks
- in the radio