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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: , past participle of excoriare, from Latin corium 'skin'

excoriate

 verb
     
ex‧co‧ri‧ate [transitive]
formalA to express a very bad opinion of a book, play etc:
an excoriating review in The Times
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