etiolate

Meaning

Verb

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

Adj

etiolated

Synonyms

etiolated

blanched

blonde

decolorize

fade

fair

pale

sallow

whitish

light-haired

blanch

pale-colored

blond

Translations

etiolieren

étioler

decolorar

descolorar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiːti.əleɪt/

Etymology

French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).