etiolate

e·ti·o·late

transitive verb

-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing

to cause to be pale and unhealthy
to deprive of strength; weaken
Bot. to blanch or bleach by depriving of sunlight

Origin of etiolate

French étioler from dialect, dialectal variant, variety of éteule, stubble, straw from Old French estouble: see stubble

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etiolate

verb

e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing, e·ti·o·lates

verb

transitive

Botany To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.
a. To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison.
b. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

verb

intransitive Botany

To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.

Origin of etiolate

French étioler from Norman French étieuler to grow into haulm from éteule stalk from Old French esteule from Vulgar Latin stupula from Latin stipula

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e′ti·o·la′tion
noun

etiolate

green and white asparagus spears; white asparagus spears are the result of etiolation

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present etiolates, present participle etiolating, simple past and past participle etiolated)

To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
To make pale and sickly-looking.
(intransitive) To become pale or blanched.

Adjective

(comparative more etiolate, superlative most etiolate)

etiolated

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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