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taxidermise

taxidermise is the alternative form of taxidermize.

Meaning of taxidermize

Verb

taxidermize (third-person singular simple present taxidermizes, present participle taxidermizing, simple past and past participle taxidermized)

  1. (transitive) To preserve by means of taxidermy.
    • ONE of Edward Gorey’s deathless illustrations features an author, Mr. Earbrass, gazing at a taxidermized beastie in an antiques shop, wondering “why anyone should have had a fantod stuffed and placed under a glass bell.”2009 May 21, Cintra Wilson, “Luxury in a Bell Jar”, in New York Times

Forms of taxidermise

third-person singular presenttaxidermises
present participletaxidermising
past participletaxidermised
pasttaxidermised

Questions about taxidermise

What is taxidermise the alternative form of?
Taxidermise is the alternative form of taxidermize.

Words near taxidermise in the dictionary

  1. taxidermic
  2. taxidermical
  3. taxidermically
  4. taxidermied
  5. taxidermies
  6. taxidermise
  7. taxidermised
  8. taxidermist
  9. taxidermists
  10. taxidermize
  11. taxidermized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taxidermise (page history and authors); taxidermize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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