单词 | excoriation |
释义 | excoriationn. 1. The action of excoriating; the state of being excoriated: ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping of skin hildinga1387 flayingc1440 casing1575 scoriation1582 excoriation1607 skinning1697 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. v A little before the excoriation of Marsyas. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 220 Some keep the day of his [Bartholomew's] Excoriation; and some, the day of his Decollation holy. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ix. 141 After the killing of the Holocaust, follows the excoriation, and dissection. b. the action of abrading a portion of the cuticle, or of the coating of any organ of the body; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > sore > gall or chafe > action of excoriation1447 fretting1546 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 259 The reed flyx..wyth of the guttys excoryacyoun Sendyth owte sangweyn agestyoun. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxxx. 544 They drinke it [tragacanth]..against excoriation or knawing of the bladder. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. xi. 296 A sharpe sicknes of excoriation and the stone. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xxii. 84 What Flagellations and Excoriations of the Body. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 133. ⁋3 I was punished with artificial excoriations in hopes of gaining new graces with a new skin. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 99 The Germans..complained of a slight excoriation of the lips. 1815 Med. Trans. (Royal Coll. of Physicians) 5 39 Stopping the Excoriation..consequent upon continual Pressure in Bed. 1844 M. F. Tupper Twins xv Lash, lash, lash, in furious and fast succession..to the universal excoriation of Mr. Julian Tracy. c. the action of stripping off (the bark of a tree). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > of skin, bark, husk, etc. > of bark rindinga1425 barking1545 disbarking1601 excortication1664 debarking1742 decortication1816 excoriation1830 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 125 The constant excoriation of the bark also produces a variety of hues. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 207 Hee hath mervailously enhanc'd the revenues,..of the Crowne,..though with a pitifull excoriation of the poorer sort. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism Apol. 22 It is the excoriation and exulceration of mens spirits that usually causeth the smart. 3. An excoriated place (on the body): a sore. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > sore > gall or chafe gallc1440 gallingc1440 excoriation?a1547 galledness1569 merry-gall1575 gald1611 galding1684 ?a1547 Ten Recipes Henry VIII in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ix. 221 A plastre devised by the kinges Maiestie at G[r]enewich, and made at Westminstre, to..heale excoriacions. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) (at cited word) He had a grievous excoriation behind, with riding post. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 19 The epithelium comes off in patches, leaving irregular excoriations. Draft additions 1993 b. Scathing criticism, invective; also, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe biting1382 tomahawking1777 sledgehammering1853 grief1891 pan1899 panning1908 excoriation1924 flak1968 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe > instance of cockshy1822 smasher1828 slasher1849 scarifier1855 slating1870 slate1887 savaging1905 excoriation1924 caning1933 pasting1974 handbagging1987 1924 H. Crane Let. 5 Dec. (1965) 196 Factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang. 1975 Economist 11 Oct. 38/1 Senator Hubert Humphrey..gave delight with his excoriation of President Ford's policies or lack of them. 1987 Legal Times 2 Mar. 6/1 ‘Bitter denunciations and excoriations’..against lawyers in general. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1447 |
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