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Vinony

excoriation

noun

  1. act or process of skin being abraded
  2. act or process of denouncing
  3. damage or remove part of a surface
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Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English excoriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English excoriation From excoriate + -ion.

  1. The act of excoriating or flaying.
  2. The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

    “A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.”

  3. A severe verbal denouncing.