entomologize

English

Etymology

From entomology +‎ -ize.

Verb

entomologize (third-person singular simple present entomologizes, present participle entomologizing, simple past and past participle entomologized)

1. (intransitive) To collect specimens in the study of entomology.
   • 1871, Charles Kingsley, “A Letter from a West Indian Cottage Ornée”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 163:

     This is our favourite spot for entomologizing, when the sun outside altogether forbids the least exertion.

Alternative forms

• entomologise

Further reading

• “entomologize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.