excoriated, ppl. a.
(ɛksˈkɔərɪeɪtɪd)
[f. excoriate v. + -ed1.]
Having the skin or rind rubbed or stripped off. Also transf. and fig.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 49 The decoction of a Fox excoriated and embowelled..used as an embrocation. 1676 Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. (J.), An hypersarcosis arises upon the excoriated eyelid. 1708 Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 233 'Tis meer excoriated Latiality. 1819 G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) II. 296 Pointing to his excoriated frame. |