excruciate

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- +‎ cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɪk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/

Verb edit

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.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] 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, […]

Related terms edit

excruciating

Translations edit

to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture

Azerbaijani: əzab vermək
Bulgarian: измъчвам (bg) (izmǎčvam), тормозя (bg) (tormozja)
Dutch: folteren (nl)
French: torturer (fr)
German: quälen (de)
Russian: му́чить (ru) (múčitʹ), терза́ть (ru) (terzátʹ), истяза́ть (ru) (istjazátʹ)
Spanish: torturar (es)
Swedish: pina (sv)

Adjective edit

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 edit

Verb edit

excruciāte

second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō