excoriation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/
Etymology
Etymology tree English excoriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English excoriation From excoriate + -ion.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of excoriating or flaying.
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(countable, uncountable) The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
1676, Richard Wiseman, “[A Treatise of Tumors.] Of an Herpes”, in Severall Chirurgical Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty, and B[enjamin] Took at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, →OCLC, page 80:
- (countable, uncountable) A severe verbal denouncing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| excoriations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (13)
bg ожулване (skin abrasion) · fr excoriation (skin abrasion) · id ekskoriasi (skin abrasion) · nl geseling (flaying) · tl lalak (flaying) · bg одиране (flaying) · ru сса́дина (skin abrasion) · ca excoriació (skin abrasion) · nl afschurving (skin abrasion) · it escoriazione (skin abrasion) · tl paglalak (flaying) · de Schürfwunde (skin abrasion) · nl uitkaffering (verbal dressing down)