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octopusal

adj

Etymology

From octopus + -al.

  1. derived from ὀκτώπους
  2. borrowed from octōpūs
  3. suffixed as octopusal — “octopus + al”

Definitions

  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, […]
    • 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 […]
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for octopusal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA