excruciate
verb
- torture
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹuʃieɪ̯t/ / [ɪksˈkʰɹʷʊu̯ˌʃɪi̯eɪ̯t] / /əkˈskɹuʃieɪ̯t/
adj
Etymology: From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
- Excruciated; tortured.
“1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey And here my heart long time excruciate Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.”
verb
Etymology: From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
- To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
“But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]”