piloerect

English

Etymology

From pilo- +‎ erect.

Verb

piloerect (third-person singular simple present piloerects, present participle piloerecting, simple past and past participle piloerected)

  1. (intransitive) To produce piloerection.
    • 2022 September, Jonathon McPhetres, Janis H. Zickfeld, “The physiological study of emotional piloerection: A systematic review and guide for future research”, in International Journal of Psychophysiology, volume 179, →DOI, page 6:
      The ability of some humans to consciously piloerect suggests even more similarity between humans and non-human animals.
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