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Webster 1913 Edition


Excoriation

Ex-coˊri-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
excoriation
.]
1.
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
2.
Stripping of possession; spoliation.
[Obs.]
A pitiful
excoriation
of the poorer sort.
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excoriation

EXCORIA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of flaying, or the operation of wearing off the skin or cuticle; a galling; abrasion; the state of being galled or stripped of skin.
1.
Plunder; the act of stripping of possessions. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


excoriation

excoriation

English

Noun

excoriation (plural excoriations)

  1. The act of excoriating or flaying
  2. The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  3. Severe verbal denouncing

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References

  • excoriation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • excoriation at OneLook Dictionary Search