Crossword clues for excoriation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excoriation \Ex*co`ri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excoriation.]
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
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Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.]
A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort.
--Howell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Medieval Latin excoriationem (nominative excoriatio), from past participle stem of Late Latin excoriare (see excoriate).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of excoriate or flaying 2 The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion. 3 Severe verbal denouncing
WordNet
Usage examples of "excoriation".
He said, smiling, rage boiling up to inner excoriation: "Abdication of authority.
Red-hot swords of fire pierced the soles of his feet in merciless excoriation and his nostrils were full of the sickening stench of scorching flesh.
The women (their noses in a chronic state of excoriation from smelling-salts) were always primed and loaded for a swoon, and ready to go off with hairtriggers.
Upon examining it, many excoriations were perceived, no doubt occasioned by the violence with which it had been thrust up and disengaged.