Antonyms for etiolate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ee-tee-uh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈi ti əˌleɪt |
Definition of etiolate
Origin :- of plants, "grown in darkness," 1791, from French étiolé, past participle of étioler "to blanch" (17c.), perhaps literally "to become like straw," from Norman dialect étule "a stalk," Old French esteule "straw, field of stubble," from Latin stipula "straw." Related: Etiolated.
- verb weaken
- I can not believe that, to produce one roseate complexion, she must etiolate a thousand.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Synonyms for etiolate
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