EXCORIATE


Meaning of EXCORIATE in English

[ ɪk'skɔ:rɪeɪt , ɛks- ]

■ verb

1》 Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

2》 formal criticize severely.

Derivatives

excoriation noun

Origin

ME: from L. excoriat- , excoriare 'to skin', from ex- 'out, from' + corium 'skin, hide'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.