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écorcher

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French escorchier, inherited from Late Latin excorticāre, from cortex. Compare the borrowing décortiquer and Catalan escorxar. Distantly related to écorcer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.kɔʁ.ʃe/
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Verb

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écorcher

  1. to skin (to remove the skin off)
  2. (reflexive) to graze (one's body)
  3. (of words) to mispronounce, butcher
    Synonym: rudoyer
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Lors de son voyage, il s’était lié d’amitié avec un jeune voyou (ma mère disait : un pique-pochette, elle écorchait sans arrêt les mots) []
      During his journey, he had befriended a young hooligan (or, as my mother said, a pique-pochette [a mispronunciation of pickpocket]; she was constantly mispronouncing words) []

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