Definitions for etiolate

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etiolate e·ti·o·late

Spelling: [ee-tee-uh-leyt]

IPA: /ˈi ti əˌleɪt/

Etiolate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in etiolate (aeeilott).

Definitions for etiolate

verb (used with object)

1. to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
2. to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.

verb (used without object)

1. (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light.

Origin of etiolate

1785-95; French étioler to make pale, etiolate (plants), probably derivative, based on N French dial. forms, of standard French éteule, Old French estoble, estuble stu

Examples for etiolate

I can not believe that, to produce one roseate complexion, she must etiolate a thousand.