Ornithologize

Quick meaning: Ornithologize is a verb meaning (intransitive, uncommon) To practise ornithology.

Meaning

(intransitive, uncommon) To practise ornithology.

Example Sentences

I have pretty well finished ornithologizing this spring, and have done worse than ever.

But he who rises so early misses a fine sport indeed—the exciting game of ornithologizing (is there such a companion word to botanizing?) in bed.

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.

In the meantime, it would be a wise precaution for them to divert suspicion by wearing starched linen collars, neat cut-away coats, and, if possible, tall silk hats, while they are out in the woods botanizing or ornithologizing.

Word Forms

• ornithologizes
• ornithologizing
• ornithologized

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