etiolate
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etiolate
- /ˈiːti.əleɪt/
Where it comes from
French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).
verb etiolates · etiolating · etiolated
- To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- To make pale and sickly-looking. 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.
- To become pale or blanched.
adjective more etiolate · most etiolate
- etiolated
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verb to make pale through lack of light
| Deutsch | etiolieren, vergeilen |
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| Русский | этиолировать etiolirovatʹ, обесцвечивать расте́ния obescvečivatʹ rasténija |
verb to make a person pale and sickly-looking
| Русский | бледне́ть blednétʹ, станови́ться бледным stanovítʹsja blednym |
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Talk about this word "etiolate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/etiolate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. etiolate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/etiolate "etiolate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/etiolate.Cite this
@misc{etiolate_2026,
title = {etiolate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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