Etiolate (verb)
ee-tee-oh-layt
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light. / to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of colour or vigor.
First recorded in 1785–95; French étioler “to make pale, etiolate (plants),” probably derivative of a Norman French dialect form of standard French éteule
Example sentences
“Upon picking up the boards, they wondered if the etiolated lawn would ever recover.”
