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octopusal

octopusal adjective: octopuslike.

Adjective

octopusal (comparative more octopusal, superlative most octopusal)

  1. Octopuslike.
    • Instead of being so ruthless and octopusal as most of us are so thoughtlessly prone to characterize such corporation it merely worships at the shrine of that fair and gracious goddess, Science, […]1932, The Pan-American geologist
    • For 20 years, the Kollege Klub was practically on the doorstep of the Memorial Library. Then the octopusal arms of a creeping university encircled the area. So in November, 1972, the KK relocated […]1974, Madison Area Guide
    Synonyms:
    list in octopuslike

Examples of octopusal in a sentence

  • The result of the series of merger of firms in this region culminated in the solution of the octopusal United Africa Company (UAC) in 1933.1998, Transafrican Journal of History:
  • High medievalism had the Church, with its octopusal canon law, cashing out all the most interesting questions of life in terms of duties to Christendom or God.2001, John Tomasi, Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of Political Theory, Princeton University Press, →ISBN...

Synonyms of octopusal

  • list in octopuslike

Forms of octopusal

comparativemore octopusal
superlativemost octopusal

Origin of octopusal

From octopus + -al.

Questions about octopusal

What does octopusal mean?
Octopusal means octopuslike.
How do you use octopusal in a sentence?
The result of the series of merger of firms in this region culminated in the solution of the octopusal United Africa Company (UAC) in 1933.
What part of speech is octopusal?
Octopusal is an adjective.

Words near octopusal in the dictionary

  1. octopus stinkhorns
  2. octopus strap
  3. octopus straps
  4. octopus stretch
  5. octopus stretches
  6. octopusal
  7. octopused
  8. octopuses
  9. octopusesque
  10. octopush
  11. octopusher

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