Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - excoriate
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(excoriates, excoriating, excoriated) To excoriate a person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public. (FORMAL) He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses. = berate VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare, from Latin ex- + corium skin, hide — more at cuirass Date: 15th century 1. to wear off the skin of ; abrade 2. to censure scathingly • excoriation noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a remove part of the skin of (a person etc.) by abrasion. b strip or peel off (skin). 2 censure severely. Derivatives excoriation n. Etymology: L excoriare excoriat- (as EX-(1), corium hide) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. содрать кожу, ссадить 2. разг. вызывать шелушение (кожи) 3. разг. разносить, громить (о критике) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from L.L. excoriatus, pp. of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from L. ex- "off" + corium "hide, skin." Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in Eng. 1708. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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