zoologizinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoologizing_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoologizing, n.
Revised 2017

zoologizingnoun

  1. 1815–
    The action of studying zoology; zoological study. Cf. zoologize v.
    1. 1815
      The engineer, who is sent to reconnoitre, is not to lose his time in zoologising, entomologizing, botanizing and picturesquizing.
      W. Taylor, Letter 1 March in J. W. Robberds, Memoir William Taylor (1843) vol. II. 455
    2. 1876
      On a zoologising excursion.
      S. Smiles, Life of Scotch Naturalist xiv. 290
    3. 1956
      Get all the zoologizing you can in, while you still have time.
      R. Silverberg in Super-Science Fiction December 11/1
    4. 2014
      After diligent zoologising he concluded that the fragments belonged to an unknown kind of mole.
      Times 14 June 14

Originally published as part of the entry for zoologize, v.

zoologizing, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoologizing, n. was last modified in December 2024.