noun
- Coldness due to a cold environment.
- An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.
- usage: "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
- A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever.
- synonyms: shivering
- A sudden numbing dread.
- synonyms: pall
verb
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