excorticate

[ eks-kawr-ti-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·cor·ti·cat·ed, ex·cor·ti·cat·ing.

1. decorticate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excorticate¹

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin excorticātus, past participle of excorticāre to peel. See ex- ¹, cortex, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Excorticate, eks-kor′ti-kāt, v.t. to strip the bark off.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

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