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My profuse thanks to Mariana....

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 13:55

.....for using the word etiolated in a post!

I love mumsnet!

PS I'm not being sarky! Great word!

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moondog · 02/02/2007 13:56

it is a great word.
I've always loved it and always think of those long spindly seedlings we grew in a cupboard without any sunlight in 'o' level Bio.

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 14:00

Spot on! It warmed my Biology Teacher heart!

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Miaou · 02/02/2007 14:07

link please so I can read it in context and learn

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 14:11

etiolated and singers!

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Miaou · 02/02/2007 14:20

Thanks mb (off to find my dictionary now for exact meaning )

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 14:23

Online Dictionary : E : etiolated

etiolated

3 definitions found

etiolated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

Etiolate \E"tiolate\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Etiolated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.]

  1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by
    excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
    [1913 Webster]

  2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
    [1913 Webster]

Etiolate \E"tiolate, Etiolated \E"tiola`ted, a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting
desert regions.
[1913 Webster]

etiolated - WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) :

etiolated
adj : (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by
being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn:
etiolate, blanched]

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moondog · 02/02/2007 14:23

I soooooo knew that MB.

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 14:25

Also has connotations of sort of lanky and overgrown, and floppy as a result, I think

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jura · 02/02/2007 15:35

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Miaou · 02/02/2007 19:27

Oooh he really does, doesn't he? He looks like he needs a good meal

Excellent word, must try and drop that into conversation at the school gates soon

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 19:28

a typo on my part!

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Marina · 02/02/2007 19:34

I am delighted to have made your day MB, truly
That was a LOT of photos of Ian Bostridge there jura

Marina · 02/02/2007 19:35

I'd love to live in a moated grange and I am certainly weary, oh so weary

tamum · 02/02/2007 19:36

Actually Mariana sounds rather distinguished, and in keeping with someone who drops words like etiolated into everyday conversation

Marina · 02/02/2007 19:43

Or am I a trench full of anglerfish in the bottom of the Pacific...

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Blandmum · 02/02/2007 19:48

and a very fine trench you are I'm sure

Stunning choice of word though, I stand by my post, if not my typing!

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Marina · 02/02/2007 19:51
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Aloha · 03/02/2007 00:07

He was EXACTLY the sort of chap I fancied like mad in my twenties. Quite took me back there for a moment...sigh.

expatinscotland · 03/02/2007 00:08

Oh, god. He is coyote, folks!

Sorry, but he is.

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expatinscotland · 03/02/2007 00:14

Yes, but sooner or later he has to stop singing and start speaking, and then you'd actually have to look at him out of politeness.

Oh, the horror! The horror!

Aloha · 03/02/2007 00:15

No, I just really like that uber-English, skinny, English colouring, tall, plenty of hair look. Does it for me, I'm afraid. Dh is a sort of Northern, rather less poncey version. 6'4", hair, long face, big nose...mmmm.