octopusesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Octopuslike; resembling an octopus.
Example Sentences
- "It's the only serial with no sugar. buncha octopusesque hooters, it used ter be nabisco, wot are a snappy whassname of national biscuit company or […]"
- "With its spider web-like installations, octopusesque Buddha hands, corpses floating in pools, smashed mirrors and menacing flower gardens, you would be forgiven for thinking that this year's Biennale was particularly macabre, […]"
- "When it came time decide on coloring this piece, I wanted to keep a very natural, octopusesque pattern, but with an added gooey sense to it. I went back to my childhood […]"
- "The arms were also very octopusesque, with no suckers but tens of very thin tendrils at the end, all of which were dexterous. These “fingers” could manipulate objects that floated inside the suit as well, positioned by some unknown mechanism, ..."
Etymology
From octopus + -esque.
Inflected Forms
more octopusesque (comparative)
most octopusesque (superlative)
Synonyms
list in octopuslike