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Excoriate

//ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excoriated. obsolete

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

Verb
  1. 1
    to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin transitive
  2. 2
    express strong disapproval of wordnet
  3. 3
    To wear off the skin of; to chafe. transitive
  4. 4
    tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading wordnet
  5. 5
    To strongly condemn or criticize. figuratively, transitive

    "The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.

Etymology 2

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 passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.

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