EXCORIATE


Meaning of EXCORIATE in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .