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Etiolated Adj Pale Drawn Due Lack Light Usu

Word etiolated
Definition adj. Pale and drawn out due to a lack of light (usu. of a plant); having lost vigor or substance.
Sentence Already on the walk from the station the May sunshine had made [Winston] feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors, with the sooty dust of London in the pores of his skin.
Source 1984, loc. 1692

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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