octopussy

English

Noun

octopussy (plural octopussies)

1. (childish or endearing) An octopus.
   • 1978, Ronald Pearsall, Tides of war

     Lovable old Sam, with as many arms as an octopussy.

   • 1996, Ruth Ryan Langan, Dulcie's Gift

     "Big fish like sharks and whales and—" she struggled with the word "— octopussies."

   • 2004, Buck Tilton, Sex in the Outdoors

     The bloody sea is filled with giant, man-eating sharks, and poisonous jellyfish, and bloody poisonous octopussies.