desquamate

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Scrabble points: 22
Words With Friends: 24
Letters: 10

Definition of desquamate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.

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verb

(transitive)To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
(intransitive)To come off in the form of scales, to scale.

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Etymology

First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”).

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ADEQUATE 18 pts

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