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By Betsey Ellis

Frisson

Fris-son

Noun

A sudden strong feeling or emotion; a shiver, shudder or thrill

Dean felt an unmistakable frisson when he first looked up at the Sistine Chapel.

We brought this one over from the French in 1777.

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