entomologize
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From entomology + -ize.
Verb
[edit]entomologize (third-person singular simple present entomologizes, present participle entomologizing, simple past and past participle entomologized)
- (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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entomologize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.