Etiolate Definition

ētē-ə-lāt

etiolated, etiolates, etiolating

verb

etiolated

To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.

American Heritage

To cause to be pale and unhealthy.

Webster's New World

To deprive of strength; weaken.

Webster's New World

To blanch or bleach by depriving of sunlight.

Webster's New World

To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

American Heritage

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adjective

Etiolated.

Wiktionary

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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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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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