Entry: frisson (n.)
In context: "It's elegant complexity, combined with a dismissive-reenactment frisson and a complete disassociation from the realities of the present, composes most of its puerile appeal."
Definition: An emotional thrill.
Other: If you weren't sure, puerile (adj.): Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a boy or child; (hence) youthful, innocent; elementary. Now rare exc. as in sense A. 2.
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 322
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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