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ornithologize

UK/ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒaɪz/US/ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑləd͡ʒaɪz/

ornithologize verb: to practise ornithology.

Verb

ornithologize (third-person singular simple present ornithologizes, present participle ornithologizing, simple past and past participle ornithologized)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) To practise ornithology.
    • I have pretty well finished ornithologizing this spring, and have done worse than ever.1847 May 31, Spencer Fullerton Baird, “From Spencer F. Baird to William M. Baird”, in William Healey Dall, Spencer Fullerton Baird: A Biography, Including Selections from His Correspondence with...
    • I strongly suspect that this bird has been mistaken by naturalists, who have ornithologized in this section, for the common American raven (Corvus carnivorus), since it seems to me impossible that any one should remain here any length of time without seeing it; […]1873 January, C. E. Aiken, “A Glimpse at Colorado and its Birds”, in A[lpheus] S[pring] Packard, Jr., F[rederic] W[ard] Putnam, R. H. Ward, editors, The American Naturalist, an Illustrated Magazine...

Examples of ornithologize in a sentence

  • Taylor, ornithologized on his own account.1905 May–June, Joseph Mailliard, Joseph Grinnell, “Midwinter Birds on the Mojave Desert”, in Walter K[enrick] Fisher, editor, The Condor: A...
  • A lean man of fifty-five, with weak eyes and soft speech, he rakes shale on the road and botanizes, ornithologizes, geologizes and muses on the museum.1963, Brooks Atkinson, Tuesdays and Fridays, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 11:

Forms of ornithologize

third-person singular presentornithologizes
present participleornithologizing
past participleornithologized
pastornithologized

Origin of ornithologize

From ornithology + -ize.

Words that rhyme with ornithologize

Questions about ornithologize

What does ornithologize mean?
Ornithologize means to practise ornithology.
How do you use ornithologize in a sentence?
Taylor, ornithologized on his own account.
What part of speech is ornithologize?
Ornithologize is a verb.
How do you pronounce ornithologize?
Ornithologize is pronounced /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of ornithologize?
The past tense of ornithologize is ornithologized.

Words near ornithologize in the dictionary

  1. ornithological
  2. ornithologically
  3. ornithologies
  4. ornithologist
  5. ornithologists
  6. ornithologize
  7. ornithologized
  8. ornithologizes
  9. ornithologizing
  10. ornithology
  11. ornithomancer

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