zoologizingnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoologizing mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoologizing. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zoologizing?
| 1840 | 0.0002 |
| 1850 | 0.0001 |
| 1860 | 0.0001 |
| 1870 | 0.0001 |
| 1880 | 0.0001 |
| 1890 | 0.0001 |
| 1900 | 0.0001 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.00008 |
| 1960 | 0.00008 |
| 1970 | 0.00005 |
| 1980 | 0.00005 |
| 1990 | 0.00005 |
| 2000 | 0.00004 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |
How is the noun zoologizing pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zoologizing come from?
Earliest known use
1810s
The earliest known use of the noun zoologizing is in the 1810s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoologizing is from 1815, in a letter by William Taylor, reviewer and translator.
zoologizing is formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zoology n., ‑izing suffix1.
Nearby entries
- zoolite, n.1768–
- zoologer, n.1663–
- zoologic, adj.1766–
- zoological, adj. & n.1686–
- zoological garden, n.1827–
- zoologically, adv.1799–
- zoologico-, comb. form
- zoologico-archaeologist, n.1864
- zoologist, n.1663–
- zoologize, v.1830–
- zoologizing, n.1815–
- zoology, n.1663–
- zoom, n.1917–
- zoom, v.¹1886–
- Zoom, v.²2014–
- zoom, int.1856–
- zoomable, adj.1972–
- zoomagnetism, n.1824–
- zooman, n.1871–
- zoomancy, n.1888–
- zoomania, n.1807–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1815–The action of studying zoology; zoological study. Cf. zoologize v.
- 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 - 1876
On a zoologising excursion.
S. Smiles, Life of Scotch Naturalist xiv. 290 - 1956
Get all the zoologizing you can in, while you still have time.
R. Silverberg in Super-Science Fiction December 11/1 - 2014
After diligent zoologising he concluded that the fragments belonged to an unknown kind of mole.
Times 14 June 14
- zoologizing1815–The action of studying zoology; zoological study. Cf. zoologize, v.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800szoölogizing
- 1800s; 2000s–zoologising, zoologizing
Frequency
zoologizing typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoologizing is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoologizing, n., 1840–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1840 | 0.0002 |
| 1850 | 0.0001 |
| 1860 | 0.0001 |
| 1870 | 0.0001 |
| 1880 | 0.0001 |
| 1890 | 0.0001 |
| 1900 | 0.0001 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.00008 |
| 1960 | 0.00008 |
| 1970 | 0.00005 |
| 1980 | 0.00005 |
| 1990 | 0.00005 |
| 2000 | 0.00004 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |