The Word of the Day for Feb 11 is:
excoriate \ek-SKOR-ee-ayt\ verb
*1 : to wear off the skin of : abrade
2 : to censure scathingly
Example sentence:
"A day of arduous toil, that might excoriate a lady's palm, would make no sensible impression on that of a hardy ploughman." (Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey)
Did you know?
"Excoriate," which first appeared in English in the 15th century, comes from "excoriatus," the past participle of the Late Latin verb "excoriare," which means "to strip off the hide." "Excoriare" was itself formed from a pairing of the Latin prefix "ex-," meaning "out," and "corium," meaning "skin" or "hide" or "leather." "Corium" has several other descendants in English. One is "cuirass," a name for a piece of armor that covers the body from neck to waist (or something, such as bony plates covering an animal, that resembles such armor). Another is "corium" itself, which is sometimes used as a synonym of "dermis" (the inner layer of human skin).
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence
My sentence: Much to his dismay, Lukas was excoriated at the executive board meeting.
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