Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octopusial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-to-pu-sial
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Octopoid; octopuslike.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"We struggle out of octopusial darkness of agony and near defeat […]"

Etymology

From octopus + -ial.

Inflected Forms

more octopusial (comparative) most octopusial (superlative)

Synonyms

list in octopuslike

Questions

What does octopusial mean?: Octopoid; octopuslike.
Where does octopusial come from?: From octopus + -ial.

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