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octopusial

octopusial adjective: octopoid; octopuslike.

Adjective

octopusial (comparative more octopusial, superlative most octopusial)

  1. (rare) Octopoid; octopuslike.
    • We always did say that the octopusial arrangements that have tentacled nearly the whole of the city would constantly be giving trouble, in some form or another, and behold! we were right.1879, Puck, page 450
    • These politicians are convinced that if the big newspapers and periodicals of this country are compelled to print a list of their stockholders there will be an amazing display of Standard Oil and J. P. Morgan and Steel Trust and other octopusial ownership.1912, The Saturday Evening Post, page 30
    Synonyms:
    list in octopuslike

Synonyms of octopusial

  • list in octopuslike

Forms of octopusial

comparativemore octopusial
superlativemost octopusial

Origin of octopusial

From octopus + -ial.

Questions about octopusial

What does octopusial mean?
Octopusial means octopoid; octopuslike.
What part of speech is octopusial?
Octopusial is an adjective.

Words near octopusial in the dictionary

  1. octopuses
  2. octopusesque
  3. octopush
  4. octopusher
  5. octopushers
  6. octopusial
  7. octopusian
  8. octopusic
  9. octopusical
  10. octopusine
  11. octopusing

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