entomologize, v.
(ɛntəˈmɒlədʒaɪz)
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
intr. To study entomology; to collect specimens, or observe the habits, of insects.
| 1815 Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 455 The engineer..is not to lose his time in zoologizing, entomologizing, etc. 1828 J. M. Herbert in Darwin's Life & Lett. (1887) I. 168 On these occasions Darwin entomologised most industriously. 1849 Kingsley in Life (1877) I. 211 It is too..wet for entomologising. |