E"ti*o*late (?). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Etiolated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. étioler to blanch.] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

E"ti*o*late, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

{ E"ti*o*late (?), E"ti*o*la`ted, } a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

• 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