/ik skawr"ee ayt', -skohr"-/ , v.t., excoriated, excoriating .
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.
[ 1375-1425; late ME excoriatus (ptp. of excoriare to strip, skin). See EX- 1 , CORIUM, -ATE 1 ]