adj
Meaning 1
etiolated
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Standard Lemma guide
etiolate
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ēʹtē-ə-lāt'
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/ˈiːti.əleɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
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verb
Meaning 3
To make pale and sickly-looking.
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verb
Meaning 4
To become pale or blanched.
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Usage: intransitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- etiolated celery
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Synonyms: etiolated, blanched
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verb
Meaning 6
make pale or sickly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- alcohol etiolates your skin
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 7
bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 8
make weak by stunting the growth or development of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: weaken
History
Etymology
French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: etiolieren — to make pale through lack of light
- German: vergeilen — to make pale through lack of light
- Greenlandic: asingavaa — to make pale through lack of light
- Greenlandic: paqqingavaa — to make pale through lack of light
- Russian: этиолировать (etiolirovatʹ) — to make pale through lack of light
- Russian: обесцвечивать расте́ния (obescvečivatʹ rasténija) — to make pale through lack of light
- Russian: бледне́ть (blednétʹ) — to make a person pale and sickly-looking
- Russian: станови́ться бледным (stanovítʹsja blednym) — to make a person pale and sickly-looking