† excarnificatev.

/ɛkskɑːˈnɪfɪkeɪt/

Forms: Also past participle 1500s excarnificat.

Etymology: < Latin excarnificāt- participial stem of excarnificāre to tear to pieces, < ex- intensive + carnificāre to cut in pieces, < carnifex executioner: see carnifex n.

Obsolete.

transitive.

a. To torment, torture, rack.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > on the rack

spread?c1225

fordrawc1380

enginec1405

rack?a1439

stentc1480

streekc1480

draw1481

brake1530

excarnificate1570

excruciate1570

stretch1585

to break on the torture1598

distend1599

tenter1615

tousea1616

tympanize1647

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 137/2 Beniamin the Deacon..was most miserably excarnificate, hauing .xx. sharpe prickes of reedes thrust vnder his nailes.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. F4 I did euen excarnificate his [sc. my horse's] sides with my often spurring.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiii. 167 The racking and excarnificating their bodies.

b. To do the office of an executioner upon.

ΚΠ

1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Excarnificate, to hang one.

1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Excarnificate, to Butcher, to quarter, or cut one to pieces.

Derivatives

exˌcarnifiˈcation n. [see -ation suffix] , the action of excarnificating or taking away the flesh.

ΚΠ

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) To Excarnificate,..to butcher, to quarter or cut into pieces.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	excarnificate
释义	† excarnificatev. /ɛkskɑːˈnɪfɪkeɪt/ Forms: Also past participle 1500s excarnificat. Etymology: < Latin excarnificāt- participial stem of excarnificāre to tear to pieces, < ex- intensive + carnificāre to cut in pieces, < carnifex executioner: see carnifex n. Obsolete. transitive. a. To torment, torture, rack. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > on the rack spread?c1225 fordrawc1380 enginec1405 rack?a1439 stentc1480 streekc1480 draw1481 brake1530 excarnificate1570 excruciate1570 stretch1585 to break on the torture1598 distend1599 tenter1615 tousea1616 tympanize1647 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 137/2 Beniamin the Deacon..was most miserably excarnificate, hauing .xx. sharpe prickes of reedes thrust vnder his nailes. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. F4 I did euen excarnificate his [sc. my horse's] sides with my often spurring. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiii. 167 The racking and excarnificating their bodies. b. To do the office of an executioner upon. ΚΠ 1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Excarnificate, to hang one. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Excarnificate, to Butcher, to quarter, or cut one to pieces. Derivatives exˌcarnifiˈcation n. [see -ation suffix] , the action of excarnificating or taking away the flesh. ΚΠ 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) To Excarnificate,..to butcher, to quarter or cut into pieces. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1570
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