etiolated
adjEtymology
From etiolate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives); modelled after French étiolé, the past participle of étioler (“to become pale and weak, etiolate”), from Norman étieuler (“to become plant stalks left over after harvesting to be used as fodder or for thatching”), probably from éteule (“plant stalks left over after harvesting, stubble”) + -er (suffix forming verbs). Éteule is derived from Old French esteule (“straw”), from Latin stipula (“plant stalk; plant stalk left over after harvesting, stubble; straw”), from Proto-Italic *stipelā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“to be stiff; erect”).
Definitions
Of a plant or part of a plant
Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.
- If there is too great an accumulation of oxygen, as when a plant is kept in a dark place, then it will grow towards the nearest ray of light, which if it does not reach, it will remain white, or etiolated, and sickly.
Of a plant
Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark.
Of an animal or person
Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak.
- Birds inhabiting desert regions have an etiolated appearance.
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Lacking in vigour
Lacking in vigour; anemic, feeble.
- Convinced republican that I am, and foe of the Prince [Charles, Prince of Wales] who talks to plants and wants to be crowned "head of all faiths" as well as the etiolated Church of England, I find myself pierced by a pang of sympathy.
simple past and past participle of etiolate
The neighborhood
- neighbordeetiolation
- neighboretiolate
- neighboretiolation
- neighboretiolin
- neighboretiolize
- neighboretiolized
- neighbordecoloured
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA