Word | etiolated |
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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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