excruciate
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excruciate
- /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪt/ UK
- /ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjt/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɪkˈskɹuʃi.eɪt/ US
- /ək-/ US
- /əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪt/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ɪkˈskɾʉʃi.et/ Scotland
- /ɪkˈskɾɪʊʃi.eːt/ Wales
Where it comes from
From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
verb excruciates · excruciating · excruciated
- To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture. But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]
adjective more excruciate · most excruciate
- Excruciated; tortured. 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey And here my heart long time excruciate Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.
