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Meaning of écorché | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
eɪkɔːˈʃeɪ

Definitions

A figure drawn, painted or sculpted so as to show the muscles of the body without skin.

Equivalents

Français écorché écorché écorché

Examples

“Apollo with a potato peeler, she flays the Marsyas of humanity, exposing raw nerve. Man is a red-ribboned écorché in her laboratory.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ecoregion ecoregionalization ecorehabilitation ecoresort ecorestoration ecoroof

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