Exuviate

Exuviate is a verb that means to shed or cast out.  Our word of the day comes from the Latin word exuviae (eks SOU vee uh) and refers to the skin of an animal that has been shed. From this, we get exuviate, which refers to anything that has been shed. Here’s an example: Before leaving New Orleans, we had to cast off everything in our car that we didn’t absolutely need. But it turned out that it wasn’t so easy to exuviate everything unnecessary. Getting rid of all those Mardi Gras beads was a really tough pill to swallow.