octopusesque

English

Etymology

From octopus +‎ -esque.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

octopusesque (comparative more octopusesque, superlative most octopusesque)

1. (rare) Octopuslike; resembling an octopus.
   • 2001 August 31, Austin Shackles, “Kit Kat”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):

     It's the only serial with no sugar. buncha octopusesque hooters, it used ter be nabisco, wot are a snappy whassname of national biscuit company or […]

   • 2009 December 19, Ann MacPherson, Venice Biennale 2009: Making Worlds, in Shift mag number 12 ("Europe in doubt")

     With its spider web-like installations, octopusesque Buddha hands, corpses floating in pools, smashed mirrors and menacing flower gardens, you would be forgiven for thinking that this year's Biennale was particularly macabre, […]

   • 2012 (Summer), Jason Walker, Taxidermy of Thought, All Student Theses 37, Governors State University:

     When it came time decide on coloring this piece, I wanted to keep a very natural, octopusesque pattern, but with an added gooey sense to it. I went back to my childhood […]

   • 2013, Erec Stebbins, Reader: Daughter of Time, Book 1, Twice Pi Press, →ISBN:

     The arms were also very octopusesque, with no suckers but tens of very thin tendrils at the end, all of which were dexterous. These “fingers” could manipulate objects that floated inside the suit as well, positioned by some unknown mechanism, ...

Synonyms

• see list in octopuslike