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plural frissons
A sudden surge of excitement. quotations examples
As a perversion of freedom it was, like any perversion, erotic; as alienation it carried the frisson of having just missed the brass ring, a sensation that always brought one back for more.
1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009
A shiver; a thrill. quotations examples
All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages.
2008 November 5, Charles McGrath, “Builder of Windup Realms That Thrillingly Run Amok”, in The New York Times