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verb

Etiolate v. t.

To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

(Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

Etiolate v. i. (past & past part. etiolated; pres. part. etiolating)

To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

(Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

adjective

Etiolated, Etiolate adj. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

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Etymology of 'Etiolate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Etiolate" Quotes from Famous Books

... decoloration[obs3], discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity[obs3]; paleness &c. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white. V. lose color &c. 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless &c. adj.; turn pale, pale. deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down. Adj. uncolored &c. (see color &c. 428); colorless, achromatic, aplanatic[obs3]; etiolate, etiolated; hueless[obs3], pale, pallid; palefaced[obs3], tallow-faced; faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

... &c adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white. V. lose color &c 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless &c adj.; turn pale, pale. deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down. Adj. uncolored &c (color) &c 428; colorless, achromatic, aplanatic^; etiolate, etiolated; hueless^, pale, pallid; palefaced^, tallow-faced; faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget