Meaning of aetiolated | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of etiolated.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“It is also to be noticed that men who spend⟳ their days in the most sedentary occupations, and often in a most confined atmosphere, do not suffer⟳ from this pain of the side as women so confined and so occupied do. [...] Tailors, again, who often work⟳ under conditions not very dissimilar from those of milliners and dressmakers, and often get⟳ almost similarly ætiolated, do not suffer⟳ from this form⟳ of pain as these latter do.”

“Seedlings are elongated and have⟳ closed cotyledons in the dark (aetiolated) while the hypocotyls are short and the cotyledons are open⟳ in the light⟳ (de-aetiolated).”

“Does he go to the museum in order⟳ to steal⟳ the Mona Lisa if it is there and unguarded; or does he go there anyway, but will seize the chance if it presents himself? [...] Insofar as his intention to steal⟳ is not given concrete actualisation, as the meaning or pattern of his actions, its culpability is (like⟳ its existence) aetiolated; but I see⟳ nothing problematic in saying that he is culpable for forming, maintaining and acting on a wrongful intention.”

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