octopusesque

== English == === Etymology === From octopus +‎ -esque. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === octopusesque (comparative more octopusesque, superlative most octopusesque) (rare) Octopuslike; resembling an octopus. 2009 December 19, Ann MacPherson, Venice Biennale 2009: Making Worlds, in Shift mag number 12 ("Europe in doubt") 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, […] 2012 (Summer), Jason Walker, Taxidermy of Thought, All Student Theses 37, Governors State University: 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 […] ==== Synonyms ==== see list in octopuslike