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English
Etymology
From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɪkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/
Verb
excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)
- (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- Synonyms: torment, torture; see also Thesaurus:hurt
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i: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, […]
Translations
to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture
Adjective
excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)
- (obsolete) 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.
Latin
Verb
excruciāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō