excarnificate

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verb

To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.

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excarnate
OriginLatin ex →
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Meanings

verbexcarnificate (third-person singular simple present excarnificates, present participle excarnificating, simple past and past participle excarnificated)

present singular third person excarnificates · participle present excarnificating · participle past excarnificated · past excarnificated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.

    VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe that are thus martyred, […] VVhat are to the racking and excarnificating their bodies, before this laſt puniſhment?

    1664, H[enry] More, chapter XV, in A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC, book II, page 167

    Synonyms: excarnate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.

Similar
excarnate
Also see
excarnate

Origin

  1. Latinex“out”
  2. Englishexcarnificate

From Latin ex (“out”) + carnificatus, past participle carnificare (“to carnify”). Compare Latin excarnificare (“to tear to pieces, torment”). See carnify.

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excarnificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excarnificate

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“excarnificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excarnificate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excarnificate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excarnificate.

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