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"