Word of the Day for Thursday, April 16, 2009
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etiolate \EE-tee-uh-layt\, transitive verb:
etiolate \EE-tee-uh-layt\, transitive verb:
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1. (Botany) To bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.
1. (Botany) To bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.
2. To make pale or sickly.
3. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.
4. (Botany) To become bleached or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.
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The B.O. would like to see our United States Armed Forces turned into an etiolated, blue helmeted, neutered arm of the United Nations' military!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Etiolate comes from French étioler, perhaps for s'éteuler, "to become like straw," from Old French esteule, "stubble or straw," from Latin stipula, "a stalk, straw."
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