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单词 etiolized
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etiolizedadj.

Brit. /ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)lʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈidiəˌlaɪzd/
Forms: 1800s etiolised, 1800s– etiolized.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French étioler , -ized suffix.
Etymology: < French étioler (see etiolate v.) + -ized suffix. Compare earlier etiolated adj. and slightly later etiolize v.
Chiefly Botany. Now rare.
= etiolated adj.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective]
huelessc1000
whiteOE
plainc1330
uncoloured1538
undyed1538
colourless1610
blank1667
unteinted1745
achromatic1759
achromic1762
etiolated1784
tintless1789
unshaded1823
achromatous1845
untinted1849
unpigmented1853
achromatistous1878
achromous1878
achroous1878
decolorized1879
etiolized1880
untoned1897
1880 Army Med. Dept. Rep. 1878 20 184 It is said that..the fact of being confined induces a feeling of imprisonment in them which leads to their committing excesses when they get out, that they become etiolised by confinement, and that their general health standard becomes lowered.
1884 Trans. Victoria Inst. 40 The young shoots, pale, etiolised, and delicate from the hour they show their tiny leaves.
1917 Science 4 May 439/1 After one month the six leaves in the dark..had produced only 3 etiolized shoots.
1933 M. Summers Victorian Ghost Stories Introd. p. xii Little wonder we look back with a longing sigh to the roseate years of the Gay Victorians! How etiolized, sapless and blanched are our jollities to-day!
1982 Plant Physiol. 69 1109/1 Sources of free indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) for the mesocotyl of intact etiolized maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings are evaluated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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