My profuse thanks to Mariana....

[Blandmum]

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

I love mumsnet!

PS I'm not being sarky! Great word!

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.

Spot on! It warmed my Biology Teacher heart!

link please so I can read it in context and learn

etiolated and singers!

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

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]

I soooooo knew that MB.

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

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

a typo on my part!

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

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

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

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

and a very fine trench you are I'm sure

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

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

Oh, god. He is coyote, folks!

Sorry, but he is.

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!

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.