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excoriate

Syllabification: (ex·co·ri·ate)
Pronunciation: /ikˈskôrēˌāt/

Definition of excoriate

verb

[with object]
  • 1 formal censure or criticize severely:the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him
  • 2chiefly Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

Derivatives

excoriation

Pronunciation: /ikˌskôrēˈāSHən/

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin excoriat- 'skinned', from the verb excoriare, from ex- 'out, from' + corium 'skin, hide'

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