botaniseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

botanise (三人称単数 現在形 botanises, 現在分詞 botanising, 過去形および過去分詞形 botanised)

1. Alternative spelling of botanize
   • 1906, James Barr, Laughing through a wilderness, page 261:

     We were incompetent to map the country we passed through, to chart the waters, to geologise, botanise, zoologise, astronomise, or to any other ise.

   • 1931, Cambridge Public Library Record - Volume 3, Issue 11, page 90:

     This is a land of very great interest, even to those who do not specially botanise or 'zoologise.'

   • 1992, Andro Linklater, Compton Mackenzie: A Life, page 265:

     He sleeps by day because to be awake in sunlight would be, for him, an irresistible temptation to botanise, zoologise, nephelologise, and do no work.