escorxar

Meaning

  1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia) to decorticate, debark
  2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia) to skin

Synonyms

espellar

decorticar

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[əs.kurˈʃa]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin excorticāre, cognate with French écorcher. Doublet of excorticar, a learned borrowing.

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