etiolate

Meanings

Verb

make weak by stunting the growth or development of
bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
make pale or sickly
- "alcohol etiolates your skin"
To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
To make pale and sickly-looking.
To become pale or blanched.

Adjective Satellite

(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
- "etiolated celery"

Adj

etiolated

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

blanched, etiolated

Scrabble Score: 8

etiolate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
etiolate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
etiolate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

etiolate is a valid Words With Friends word