latibulize

Verb

latibulize (third-person singular simple present latibulizes, present participle latibulizing, simple past and past participle latibulized)

1. (rare) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.
   • When kept in gardens in Italy and Germany, it is observed to latibulize in October, and to reappear in April.1802, George Shaw, General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History, vol. 3, part 1, publ. by G. Kearsley, page 11, footnote.
   • Grippe got a grip on Col. John Stapp which kept him latibulizing till the ground-hog heralded close of winter, and bluebirds and robins have begun rehearsing their spring symphonies.1915 February 19, “Kidd's Store”, in The Interior Journal, Stanford, Kentucky, page 1, column 2
2. (archaic, figuratively, rare) To retreat and lie hidden.
   • Now, sir, two courses are open to you: Without impropriety you might latibulize.1894 October 27, Jas. W. Coulter, “An Open Letter”, in The Bessemer Indicator., Bessemer, Colorado, page 1, column 7
   • […] and we can, with all dignity and politeness, inform them that their services are not required, and that they may, as far as we are concerned, latibulize in the "sound money" party.1896 October 28, “An Open Letter”, in The Lambertville Record., Lambertville, New Jersey, page 3, column 6, quoting a "Richard Stockton"