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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.
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Excoriated
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Word Origin & History
excoriate
mid-15c., 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 English 1708. Related: Excoriated; excoriating.
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Medical Dictionary
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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