Home › Words › E › excorticateexcorticate/ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt/excorticate means to strip of bark, shell or skin.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, excorticate ranks #964 of 42,747 for Qualifying.excorticate is pronounced /ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt/.EtymologyFrom Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”).verbTo strip of bark, shell or skin.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).