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écorché

/eɪkɔːˈʃeɪ/ UK
/eɪkoɹˈʃeɪ/ US

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Borrowed from French écorché (“flayed”).

noun écorchés

A 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.

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"écorché." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

écorché. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9

Chicago

"écorché." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9.

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@misc{e_corche_2026,
  title = {écorché},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9corch%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}