excoriate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin excoriātus, perfect participle of Latin excoriō (“take the skin or hide off, flay”), from ex (“off”) + corium (“hide, skin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates, present participle excoriating, simple past and past participle excoriated)
- (transitive) to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin
- (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe.
- (transitive, figuratively) To strongly denounce or censure.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Trade paperback edition, published 2005, →ISBN, page 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.
- 13 September 2006, Patrick Healy, “Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.
- April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair[2]:
- The tabloids branded him forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to wear off the skin of
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to strongly denounce or censure
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
excoriāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
excoriate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of excoriar combined with te
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