Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To study or practise entomology; gather entomological specimens. Also spelled
entomologise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To collect specimens in the study of entomology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
collect specimens in thestudy ofentomology .
Etymologies
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entomology + -ize
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Examples
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Such a party was highly agreeable to Rosalie; but not finding it equally suitable to my taste, I presently fell back, and began to botanize and entomologize along the green banks and budding hedges, till the company was considerably in advance of me, and I could hear the sweet song of the happy lark: then my spirit of misanthropy began to melt away beneath the soft, pure air and genial sunshine; but sad thoughts of early childhood, and yearnings for departed joys, or for a brighter future lot, arose instead.
Agnes Grey 1931
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