excoriate
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[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin excoriātus, perfect participle of Latin excoriō (“take the skin or hide off, flay”). from ex (“off”) + corium (“hide, skin”).
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excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates, present participle excoriating, simple past and past participle excoriated)
- (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
- (transitive) To strongly denounce or censure.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 Trade paperback ed., ISBN 0-345-45842-7. p. 464:
- Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
- 2006, Patrick Healy "Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary," New York Times, 13 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008):
- Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 Trade paperback ed., ISBN 0-345-45842-7. p. 464:
[edit] Synonyms
- (to wear off the skin of): abrade, chafe, flay
- (to strongly denounce or censure): condemn, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off
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to wear off the skin of
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to strongly denounce or censure
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[edit] Verb
excoriāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of excoriō
