etiolate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make weak by stunting the growth or development of
  2. verb bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
  3. verb make pale or sickly
    • alcohol etiolates your skin
  4. adjective satellite (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
    blanched; etiolated.
    • etiolated celery

WordNet

E"ti*o*late intransitive verb
Etymology
F. étioler to blanch.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Etiolated present participle & verbal noun Etiolating
Definitions
  1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
  2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
E"ti*o*late transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
  2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
E"ti*o*late, E"ti*o*la`ted adjective (Also<
  • Etiolate
  • Etiolated
)
Definitions
  1. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

Webster 1913