OED Definitions
frisson--
An emotional thrill.
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 abt. 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.
An emotional thrill.
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 abt. 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.
posted by gradylove at 11:16 AM
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"Full frontal friction freed the frisson lurking within her."
teehee~!
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