excoriation
ex·co·ri·at·ion/ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/noun
excoriation is a noun meaning “The act of excoriating or flaying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-X-C-O-R-I-A-T-I-O-N and has 5 syllables (ex·co·ri·at·ion), and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of excoriation is excoriations.
What does excoriation mean?
noun
- 1
The act of excoriating or flaying.
- 2
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
- 3
A severe verbal denouncing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce excoriation?
- /ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/
Excoriation has 5 syllables, split ex·co·ri·at·ion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of excoriation
- excoriations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is excoriation?
Excoriation appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Excoriation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense skin abrasion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | excoriation |
| German | Schürfwunde |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does excoriation come from?
From excoriate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).