etiolate ( synonym found)

Definition of etiolate:

(v) : to make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant; to make a person pale and sickly-looking
"1980: She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"

Definition of etiolate:

(v) : to make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant; to make a person pale and sickly-looking
"1980: She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"

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