Sekirov Dictionary

etiolate

/ˈiːti.əleɪt/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

verb3

To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
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To make pale and sickly-looking.
- She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal. — 1980
To become pale or blanched.

adjective1

etiolated

forms

etiolated · etiolating · etiolates · more etiolate · most etiolate

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