octopusial

octopusial

English

Etymology

octopus +‎ -ial

Adjective

octopusial (comparative more octopusial, superlative most octopusial)

1. (rare) Octopoid; octopuslike.
   • 1879, Puck, page 450:

     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.

   • 1912, The Saturday Evening Post, page 30:

     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.

   • 2011, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, In Constant Incandescence / Poems (→ISBN), page 26:

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

Synonyms

• see list in octopuslike