单词 | excoriate |
释义 | excoriateadj. archaic. a. = excoriated adj. Also as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > raw of flesh > galled or chafed gallyc1440 excoriate?1543 excoriated1661 saddle-sore1853 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ix. f. lvi v If the bowelles be excoriate, ye shall gyue thys peculier remedy. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 23v Tratour..Thow seruis quick to be excoriate. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 109 While hips excoriat, made him swaddle Through all the corners of the saddle. a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 409 A shatter'd veteran,..with excoriate forks. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xviii. 77 The pack..came..Excoriate from the lash. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > circumcision > [adjective] > that has undergone circumcision circumcisa1325 excoriate1611 circumciseda1616 unforeskinned1671 1611 H. Holland in T. Coryate Crudities sig. d7 v He more preuaild against the 'xcoriate Iewes, Then Broughton could. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). excoriatev. a. transitive. To pull off the skin or hide from (a person or animal); to flay. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of skin flaya800 beflaya1000 hilda1000 scorchc1430 escorse1546 skin1566 case1575 uncase1575 unskin1598 blank?c1600 excoriate1614 deglubate1623 hide1757 flipe1892 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. v. §5. 50 Otanes..whom Cambyses had excoriated for false iudgement. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (iv. 13) i. 454 Beasts..being excoriated or flayed, were cut down from the neck to the rump. a1681 G. Wharton Fasts & Festivals in Wks. (1683) 26 He [St. Bartholomew] was..Excoriated, or fleaed alive. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xvi. 238 They compliment them [sc. their victims] upon..the delicacy of their limbs, prior to excoriating them. b. transferred. To strip off the rind or bark from. ΚΠ 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Excoriating, taking off the bark. 2. To remove portions of the skin (or analogous membrane) from. Now chiefly Pathology of the action of corrosives, of abrasion, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > chafe or excoriate flayc1250 to-shell1377 gallc1440 excoriate1497 chafe1526 to pare to (also beyond, etc.) the quick1538 spur-galla1555 gald1555 raw1593 begall1597 rub1618 rind1893 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) E ij a Excoriate and wounde dayly theyr self with sharpe hayr. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 60 The intralls being excoriated, death by a lingering consumption ensueth. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 107 The ends of his Fingers are supposed to be excoriated. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 135 Stuffing my nose with spirit of hartshorn, till the whole inside was excoriated. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xxi. 104 My lips..were excoriated as with vinegar and gall. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Briggs & I 201 The grand idea of how to fix it in a boy's memory was to excoriate his palm. 3. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. viii. sig. Fivv Though wrongs excoriate the heart. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 87 He can excoriate a loafe. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 233 Excoriating the Language Latiale. 1809 Naval Chron. 25 209 It [lightning] excoriated the lower part of the head post. 4. To strip or peel off (the skin); to remove (the lining membrane) by corrosion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip of skin, husk, or bark > strip (skin, husk, or bark) flayc1320 pilla1387 slip1535 excoriate1547 slipe1781 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xlixv Excoryate the skyn and maturate the matter. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 71 Because it may bee excoriated or flayed off. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xix. 157 The Heat of the Island Suaquena..excoriates the Skin. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 445 To prevent..the matter..from excoriating the skin. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 62 Exuding acrid matter, and thereby excoriating the cuticle. Draft additions 1993 spec. To upbraid scathingly, decry, revile. Also absol. Cf. earlier excoriating adj. at Additions. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely quip1542 snap1579 quib1580 to lash out1884 slam1884 to rip into——1907 to lace into1908 to light into ——1922 to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974 excoriate1985 1833 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 30 Nov. Gross personality, and low language will not be permitted to sully pages intended for general readers, and to excoriate the abandoned, without respect to party. 1882 N.Y. Tribune 15 Mar. 4/3 How he [sc. Jackson] would excoriate Tilden for his copperheadism. 1931 O. Nash Free Wheeling 57 Britain and Britons I far from excoriate, I deeply admire their Poet Laureate. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 426/4 The Groves of Academe, an investigation of life on the faculty of an American college.., excoriates almost every member of the faculty. 1977 M. French Women's Room iv. iii. 220 We excoriated them to the point of nausea. 1985 S. Lowry Young Fogey Handbk. i. 7 He may lament, scold and excoriate, but he urges towards the peace of conservation. 2003 W. G. Brozo & M. L. Simpson Readers, Teachers, Learners vi. 225 Washington officials were about to excoriate the FBI for the way in which agents conducted an investigation. Draft additions 1993 exˈcoriating adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > severely severe1561 excoriating1605 hitting1632 outbraiding1655 slashing1734 lancinating1762 tomahawking1777 hard-hitting1831 smashing1833 slashy1862 scarifying1865 scathing1865 slating1885 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick iii. xi. 367 All bitter, sharpe, and sowre things are to be refrained, for that all such make the going to the stoole, gnawing, excoriating, & painfull. 1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica i. ii. 13/2 I herewith once cured a drunken Gossip..of a hot, scalding, excoriating humor that fell into her legs. 1828 New-Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 1 Mar. This disgraceful transaction brought on the terrorists a caustic and excoriating attack from Mr Burges. 1983 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. ii. 28/6 The lyrics are witless clichés that lack the excoriating humor and comic detail that animate Mr. Zappa's observations. 1998 G. Moran Silencing Scientists & Scholars ix. 108 The coauthors of the dubious article neither received excoriating attacks, or [sic] were they dismissed nor ridiculed by their peers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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