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etiolated

Pronunciation: /ˈiːtɪəˌleɪtɪd/
Definition of etiolated

adjective

  • 1(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light: etiolated leaf segments the girl might have grown etiolated and bland like grass under stone
  • 2having lost vigour or substance; feeble:a tone of etiolated nostalgia

Derivatives

etiolation

Pronunciation: /-ˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late 18th century: from the verb etiolate (from French étioler, from Norman French étieuler 'grow into haulm') + -ed2

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Definition of etiolated in the US English dictionary

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