8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb make weak by stunting the growth or development of
verb bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
verb make pale or sickly
originFrench étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).
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