Perscopate

//ˈpɜːskəpeɪt// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to bristle or horripilate archaic

    "Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit a displeasing sight – a sportive dog, for instance."

Synonyms

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horripilatehorripilate

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"Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit a displeasing sight – a sportive dog, for instance."

Etymology

From Latin per- ‘throughout’ + scopatus, from scopa ‘bristle’ (classically only found in plural scopae ‘broom, brush’).

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