EXCORIATE

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ex⋅co⋅ri⋅ate

[ik-skawr-ee-eyt, -skohr-]

–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.

1.	to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes.

2.	to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL excoriātus (ptp. of excoriāre to strip, skin). See ex- ¹ , corium, -ate ¹

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ex·co·ri·ate (ĭk-skôr'ē-āt', -skōr'-)

tr.v. ex·co·ri·at·ed, ex·co·ri·at·ing, ex·co·ri·ates

To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. See Synonyms at chafe.
To censure strongly; denounce: an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

[Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excoriāre, excoriāt- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
ex·co'ri·a'tion n., ex·co'ri·a'tor n.

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excoriate

1447 (implied in excoriation), from L.L. excoriatus, pp. of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from L. ex- "off" + corium "hide, skin." Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in Eng. 1708.

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excoriate ex·co·ri·ate (ĭk-skôr'ē-āt')
v. ex·co·ri·at·ed, ex·co·ri·at·ing, ex·co·ri·ates
To scratch or otherwise abrade the skin by physical means.

ex·co'ri·a'tion n.

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