écorché

See also écorche

English

Detail of an écorché (with mummification) of a horse and its rider made by the French anatomist Honoré Fragonard.

Etymology

From French écorché (“flayed”).

Noun

écorché (plural écorchés)

1. (art) A figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin.

   Leonardo da Vinci produced some famous early écorchés.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ekɔʁʃe/

Verb

écorché m (feminine écorchée, masculine plural écorchés, feminine plural écorchées)

1. Past participle of écorcher

Adjective

écorché m (feminine écorchée, masculine plural écorchés, feminine plural écorchées)

1. flayed, skinned
2. hypersensitive