Today's Word "excoriate"
To express strong disapproval of
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excoriate \ek-SKOR-ee-ayt\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To express strong disapproval of; to denounce. 2 : To tear or wear off the skin of.
"Most women would excoriate me for risking my baby's life this way. In another situation, I might do the same. But I'm not in another situation." -- Greg Iles, 'Blood Memory'
Excoriate comes from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare, "to take the skin or hide off, to flay (literally or figuratively)," from Latin ex-, "off" + corium, "skin, hide."
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