Usually means: Shiver of pleasure from stimuli.
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  1. frisson: Merriam-Webster
  2. frisson: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. frisson: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. frisson: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. frisson: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. frisson: Wiktionary
  9. frisson: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. frisson: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. frisson: Dictionary.com
  12. Frisson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. frisson: Rhymezone
  14. frisson: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  15. frisson (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. frisson: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. frisson: FreeDictionary.org
  18. frisson: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. frisson: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. frisson: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. frisson: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. frisson: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. frisson: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. frisson: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A sudden surge of excitement.
noun:  A shiver; a thrill.

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