octopodean
octopodean adjective: resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike.
Adjective
octopodean (comparative more octopodean, superlative most octopodean)
- Resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike.
- In the spaces which are thus left in a semi-countrified condition between these octopodean arms, there is much to be seen in a half-hour's ramble which may remind one of the country which is farther away from town.1896, The Gipsy Journal and British Tourist. A Magazine for Pedestrians & Cyclists, Ramblers' Clubs, Holiday-makers, and Advocate for Protection of Birds & Animals from Cruelty. No. 1-24; Sept....
- […] But this is to overlook the semiotician's octopodean ambitions. Implicit in Saussure's dream of a unified field of communication lay the totalizing possibility (substantially realized by Barthes and others) of claiming the whole world ...1997, Sarah C. Humphreys, S. C. Humphreys, Cultures of Scholarship, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 83
- Synonyms:
- list in octopuslike
Examples of octopodean in a sentence
- Even granting its octopodean ramifications, the entailments of Morgan's theory were so extensive that it could enable astonishing connections.1999, Patrick Wolfe, Settler Colonialism, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 89:
- What I find most intriguing is the octopus's ability to adapt to new and unusual circumstances—confinement in a lab—and turn the apparatus around them to their own octopodean purposes.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 52:
Synonyms of octopodean
- list in octopuslike
Forms of octopodean
| comparative | more octopodean |
|---|---|
| superlative | most octopodean |
Origin of octopodean
From octopod + -ean.
Questions about octopodean
- What does octopodean mean?
- Octopodean means resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike.
- How do you use octopodean in a sentence?
- Even granting its octopodean ramifications, the entailments of Morgan's theory were so extensive that it could enable astonishing connections.
- What part of speech is octopodean?
- Octopodean is an adjective.
Words near octopodean in the dictionary
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