Excoriation
//ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of excoriating or flaying. countable, uncountable
- 2 severe censure wordnet
- 3 The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion. countable, uncountable
"A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation."
- 4 an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off wordnet
- 5 A severe verbal denouncing. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation."
Etymology
From excoriate + -ion.
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