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Vinony

excoriate

verb

  1. denounce
  2. damage or remove part of a surface
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Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt/ / /ɪkˈskoʊɹ.iˌeɪt/

adj

Etymology: First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English *excoriaten (only attested in its past participle), borrowed from Late Latin excoriātus perfect passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.

  1. Excoriated.

    “If the bowelles be excoriate, ye shall gyue thys peculier remedy.”

verb

Etymology: First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English *excoriaten (only attested in its past participle), borrowed from Late Latin excoriātus perfect passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.

  1. to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin
  2. To wear off the skin of; to chafe.
  3. To strongly condemn or criticize.

    “The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.”

    “Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.”