v.
Pronunciation: ' des-kw ə - ˌ m ā t
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: -mat · ed ; -mat · ing
Etymology: Latin desquamatus, past participle of desquamare to scale, from de- + squama scale
Date: 1828
: to peel off in scales
– des · qua · ma · tion \ ˌ des-kw ə - ' m ā -sh ə n \ noun