Why this word is great
DESPUMATE — [Verb] To clarify a liquid by skimming off froth or impurities, or to discharge impurities in the form of foam. From Latin dēspūmātus, past participle of dēspūmō ("to remove foam"), from dē- ("off") + spūmō ("to foam"), from spūma ("foam, froth"). Unlike "clarify" (a general term for making a liquid clear) or "filter" (which implies straining through a medium), "despumate" is the precise act of lifting away what rises—the scum, the froth, the unwanted effervescence of existence. It is the careful swipe of a spoon across a simmering broth, the slow retreat of bubbles from the edge of a fermenting vat, or the quiet expulsion of foam from a wound as it heals—each a small, necessary violence against impurity, a fleeting victory over the mess of being.