Pronunciation: ['ee-tee-ê-leyt] Listen
Definition: (1) To bleach or make pale, especially by depriving of light. (2) To make feeble or sickly.
[@more@]Usage: Today's word is unusual for its stress on the first syllable. Keep an eye (or a tongue) on that problem area. The noun is "etiolation."
Suggested Usage: This word is used most often in its horticultural sense, as in "etiolated asparagus," i.e. white from light deprivation. Aside from asparagus, the word is used in reference to pale skin, such as "a face etiolated from years of lurking in the dank recesses of pool halls." But the metaphor could be stretched to reach "a soul etiolated from standing in the shadow of his brother."
Etymology: French étioler, from étieuler "to grow into haulm," from éteule "stalk," from Old French "esteule" originating in Latin stipula "stalk, stem, stubble, blade."
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