octopusish

English

Etymology

From octopus +‎ -ish.

Adjective

octopusish (comparative more octopusish, superlative most octopusish)

1. Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.
   • 1982, Ferenc Maté, Best Boats to Build Or Buy, West Vancouver, B.C.: Albatross Pub., page 166:

     Plain slabs of fibreglass are unfriendly enough, but when topped off with a protrusion here and a herniation there, the whole house takes on a frighteningly octopusish effect, reminiscent of the painting of the warted, welted man you used to […]

   • 1994, Dennis Cooper, Try, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 73:

     A little beer mixed with soggy tobacco or pot oozes out of one can near Ken's bare, hairy feet. He just sits there, hunched over, while air explodes in-out his mouth, and beer spreads in an octopusish pattern.

   • 1999 May 29, MOSUGOJI, Did The Daleks Really Need Those Claw Arms?, alt.movies.monster, Usenet:

     I always wished they would give a clear view of the Kaled mutation inside the Dalek Travel machine, they showed one hanging out of a demolished Dalek in The 5 Doctors episode, it was an octopusish thing.

   • 2004 July 26, Kermit the Frog, Re: [YANI] frozen corpses, rec.games.roguelike.nethack, Usenet:

     That should be 'ikayaki'. 'Tako' = octopus. 'Ika' = squid. I think a kraken is more squiddish than octopusish.

Synonyms

• see list in octopuslike