écorché

UK/eɪkɔːˈʃeɪ/US/eɪkoɹˈʃeɪ/

noun

A figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin.

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Meanings

nounécorché (plural écorchés)

plural écorchés

  1. artA figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin.

    Apollo with a potato peeler, she flays the Marsyas of humanity, exposing raw nerve. Man is a red-ribboned écorché in her laboratory.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Origin

  1. Frenchécorché
  2. Frenchécorché
  3. Englishécorché

Borrowed from French écorché (“flayed”).

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APA

écorché. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9

MLA

“écorché.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “écorché,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9.

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