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etiolate

etio·late

UK/ˈiːti.əleɪt/ uncommon
adjective (1) verb (3)

adjective

1.

(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

  • “etiolated celery”
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verb

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2.

bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight

3.

make pale or sickly

  • “alcohol etiolates your skin”

Origin

French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).

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