excorticate

[ eks-kawr-ti-keyt ]

/ ɛksˈkɔr tɪˌkeɪt /

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verb (used with object), ex·cor·ti·cat·ed, ex·cor·ti·cat·ing.

Words nearby excorticate

excommunication, excommunicative, excommunicatory, excoriate, excoriation, excorticate, excrement, excrementitious, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent

Origin of excorticate

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin excorticātus, past participle of excorticāre to peel. See ex-¹, cortex, -ate¹