Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

etiolate

/ˈiːti.əleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eti-o-late
IPA: /ˈiːti.əleɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.

verb

To make pale and sickly-looking.

verb

To become pale or blanched.

Intransitive verb

adj

Example Sentences

"She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal."
"Gwynn and Richard were at the Westway Health and Fitness Centre, surrounded by thirty or forty etiolated drunks: playing snooker."

Etymology

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

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

etiolates (present, singular) etiolating (participle, present) etiolated (participle, past) etiolated (past) more etiolate (comparative) most etiolate (superlative)

Derived Forms

etiolin

Frequently Paired Words

stubble

Synonyms

etiolated blanched

Questions

How do you pronounce etiolate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːti.əleɪt/.
What does etiolate mean?: To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
Where does etiolate come from?: French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).

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