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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.
1.
Plunder; the act of stripping of possessions. [Little used.]Definition 2024
excoriation
excoriation
English
Noun
excoriation (plural excoriations)
- The act of excoriating or flaying
- The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
- Severe verbal denouncing
Translations
flaying
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skin abrasion
verbal dressing down
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References
- excoriation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- excoriation at OneLook Dictionary Search