octopodic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.
Example Sentences
- "[…] congenial to creative thinking of any kind that does not concern high finance and octopodic expansion."
- "Mr. Ellis continued his campaign for amendments in legislation and H. J. Lawson, having bought the winning car for a very large sum, extended his octopodic activities."
- "It consisted in large part of the engineers and researchers who had built the Heart of Gold— mostly humanoid, but here and there were a few reptiloid atomineers, two or three green sylphlike maximegalaticians, an octopodic physucturalist or ..."
- "Warfare, largely civil for the last few millennia though sometimes waged against reptilian or octopodic invaders, or against the winged, star-headed Old Ones who centred in the antarctic, was infrequent though infinitely devastating."
- "The octopodic form had sharp black stings that had hardened inside the length of the four arms. From the mouth it yawned emitting a foul bear-like growl. Despite having no obvious eyes, it ambled toward the cave entrance ..."
Etymology
From octopod + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more octopodic (comparative)
most octopodic (superlative)
Synonyms
list in octopuslike