Etiolated

Word ETIOLATED
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈi.ti.əˌleɪ.tɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Etiolated"

What do we mean by etiolated?

Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.

Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark.

(by extension) Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak.

Lacking in vigour; anemic, feeble.

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The word "etiolated" in example sentences

Hardly the kind of etiolated artsy sort of thing you're complaining about. ❋ Michael Allen (2005)

It is a sign of the etiolated nature of the recovery that both options are currently "in play". ❋ Larry Elliott Economics Editor (2010)

The pictures, dramatically arrayed on the walls according to their distance from Hiroshima's Ground Zero, show landscapes of burned-over rubble, concrete and steel buildings reduced to etiolated skeletons, and close-ups of flash burns and other interesting evidence of the awesome destructiveness of the bomb. ❋ William Meyers (2011)

If you want some quiet R & R — I know, I know, we are shopping, not on a retreat, but bear with me — the lavendar, orchid-strewn, light-flooded, minimalist "arena" where shoes from the likes of Balenciaga (stunning raspberry etiolated "Countess" pumps, £ 325) keep company with Jil Sander's lace-up gray brogue's (£ 410) — perfect for baggy or slouchy pants — offers what you might term a "moment" for retail reflection. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2010)

He is in complete control of his long, etiolated body—his small waist circled by a gold belt, fastening his ivory robe. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

He is no longer just the arch mannerist, the etiolated epigone of Michelangelo, perverse and stylised in equal measure. ❋ James Hall (2010)

She's got blue hair and etiolated skin the color of a button mushroom. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now nothing remained but a dishevelled clump of Michaelmas daisies, patches of self-seeded antirrhinums, marigolds and nasturtiums, and a single etiolated rose with two white, starved buds, its stem bent double against the stone as if resigned to the first frost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The wedding planner in me was relieved, but the Jackson in me felt, for the first time, a little sad about the etiolated state of the Jackson family horticulture. ❋ Buzzy Jackson (2010)

The mouse embodied the maturity of cancer genetics: scientists had created real, living tumors not just abstract, etiolated foci in petri dishes by artificially manipulating two genes, ras and myc, in an animal. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Could this effect, or some etiolated cousin of it, be harnessed in a controlled setting, in a hospital, in tiny, monitored doses, to target malignant white cells? ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

There is, therefore, a risk that as the government shrinks the public sector there is only an etiolated private sector to take its place. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The effect of ultraviolet-radiation on gene expression and pigment composition in etiolated and green pea leaf tissue: UV-B induced changes are genespecific and dependent on the developmental stage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I could make out neon signs on surrounding buildings, their colors strangely etiolated, their design quaintly old-fashioned, like something out of an old movie. ❋ Megan McAndrew (2009)

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