latibulizing

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.
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