English
Etymology
French étolier, from Normandy French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble âstubbleâ, from Latin stupla, from stipula âstraw, stubbleâ.
Pronunciation
AHD|ÄʹtÄ-É-lÄt', IPA|/'i:tɪÉleɪt/
Hyphenation: etiâ¢oâ¢late
Verb
etiolate
- to make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant
- to make a person pale and sickly-looking
#:*1980: 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. â Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
#:*1995: Gwynn and Richard were at the Westway Health and Fitness Centre, surrounded by thirty or forty etiolated drunks: playing snooker. â Martin Amis, i: theinformation
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