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Antonyms for etiolated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ee-tee-uh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi ti əˌleɪt

Definition of etiolated

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
Example sentences :
  • His voice was hollow, etiolated like a flower grown in darkness.
  • Extract from : « The Jewels of Aptor » by Samuel R. Delany
  • Etiolated, blanched by excluding the light, as the stalks of Celery.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • The green colour of etiolated plants may be restored by exposure to light.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • His abstract and etiolated internationalism has been replaced by the warm humanity of writers like, say, David or Pernerstorfer.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • Suddenly began the plaint of the organ, and some half-dozen voices sang a hymn; and these pale, etiolated voices interested her.
  • Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore
  • Then the pale, etiolated voices of the nuns, the wailing of these weak voices—there were three altos, three sopranos—began again.
  • Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore
  • Mr. Jevons, however, adduces it as proof of 'the existence of the totem-sacrament,' surviving 'in an etiolated form.'
  • Extract from : « Magic and Religion » by Andrew Lang
  • I had noticed that the woman was raw-boned and stoop-shouldered, with that etiolated yellow flesh that comes of long overwork.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 » by Various
  • Pauline surrendered, and they went across the etiolated lawn towards the entrance.
  • Extract from : « Plashers Mead » by Compton Mackenzie
  • Chicken-hazard is scotched, not killed; but a poor, weazened, etiolated biped is that once game-bird now.
  • Extract from : « The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims » by Andrew Steinmetz

Synonyms for etiolated

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