etiolated

Meanings

1. Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.
2. Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark.
3. Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak.
4. Lacking in vigour; anemic, feeble.

1. simple past and past participle of etiolate

Etymology

From etiolate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives); modelled after French étiolé, the past participle of étioler (“to become pale and weak, etiolate”), from Norman étieuler (“to become plant stalks left over after harvesting to be used as fodder or for thatching”), probably from éteule (“plant stalks left over after harvesting, stubble”) + -er (suffix forming verbs). Éteule is derived from Old French esteule (“straw”), from Latin stipula (“plant stalk; plant stalk left over after harvesting, stubble; straw”), from Proto-Italic *stipelā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“to be stiff; erect”).