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Excoriate

//ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt//

Definitions

verbexcoriates · excoriating · excoriated

1
to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin
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excarnate
2
To wear off the skin of; to chafe.
Similar
abrade chafe flay
3
To strongly condemn or criticize.
The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.
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denounce disparage reprobate

1
Excoriated.
If the bowelles be excoriate, ye shall gyue thys peculier remedy.

Word Origin

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 p...

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