octopusn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒktəpəs/, U.S.

/ˈɑktəpəs/

Inflections: Plural octopuses, octopi, (rare) octopodes Brit.

/ɒkˈtəʊpədiːz/,

/ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtoʊpədiz/,

/ɑkˈtɑpədiz/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin octopus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin octopus (1758 or earlier in Linnaeus) < ancient Greek ὀκτώποδ- , ὀκτώπους (also ὀκτάποδ- , ὀκτάπους ) eight-footed, an eight-footed creature < ὀκτώ- octo- comb. form + πόδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form).The plural form octopodes reflects the Greek plural; compare octopod n. The more frequent plural form octopi arises from apprehension of the final -us of the word as the grammatical ending of Latin second declension nouns; this apprehension is also reflected in compounds in octop- : see e.g. octopean adj., octopic adj., octopine adj., etc.

A. n.

a. Any of numerous cephalopod molluscs of the genus Octopus or the order Octopoda, having eight sucker-bearing arms or tentacles, a beaklike mouth, and no internal shell (or only a vestigial one); (also) (in form Octopus) the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Cuvier Tableau Élém. de l'Hist. Nat. des Animaux (1797) 380.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > genus Octopus

octopus1759

1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 778 The Polypus, particularly so called, the Octopus, Preke, or Pour-contrel.

1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XII. 291 The octopi also feed on conchyliferous mollusca.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. x. 308 The body of the octopus is small, it has legs sometimes a foot and a half in length, with about two hundred and forty suckers on each leg.

1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 251/1 It was probably a species of Octopus that Mr. Beale encountered while searching for shells upon the rocks of the Bonin Islands.

1880 R. Browning Pietro 401 Help! The old magician clings like an octopus!

1884 H. M. Leathes Rough Notes Nat. Hist. 46 Saying that enormous octopuses existed on the western side of Panama, in the Pacific Ocean.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 401 The suckers, sometimes unstalked as in Octopus, sometimes stalked as in squids, are muscular cups which take a firm grip.

1942 National Geographic Mag. June 780/2 Young octopi, delicacy of the Japanese, hungrily searched about with their tentacles. The big dangerous ones would be in deep water.

1992 S. Rose Making of Memory from Molecules to Mind (BNC) 175 Young's lifetime passion for the large molluscs led him from the squid to the octopus.

2000 Sunday Times 23 July (Travel section) 5/1 There is lots to see, from the tiniest flamboyant nudibranches to ever-curious octopuses and shoals of bream.

b. The flesh of an octopus used as food.

ΚΠ

1910 Z. D. Ferriman Home Life in Hellas vi. 225 Lenten fare is displayed in an attractive form—piles of canned lobster, olives..red caviar and festoons of dried octopus.

1958 Woman's Own 10 Sept. 33/1 For that ritzy touch, get octopus or ham in champagne.

1994 Hispanic July 44/3 Pulpo al pil pil, classic poached octopus with lemon, butter, red wine, garlic, and capers.

2. figurative. Anything resembling or suggestive of an octopus; esp. an organized, usually harmful or destructive, power having extended ramifications, far-reaching influence, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > far-reaching

octopus1878

1878 in I. M. Tarbell Hist. Standard Oil Co. I. 182 One refiner after another..fell shivering with dislike into the embrace of this commercial octopus.

1882 W. R. Greg Misc. Ess. ii. 37 We are the very octopus of nations.

1893 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Mar. 2/1 The electric octopus. Formal organization of the New England Street Railway Company.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 157/1 The good-natured Taft had..done nothing to curb the power of these octopuses.

1976 E. Ward Hanged Man xxvii. 172 Quentin loafed round the concrete octopus of the [Birmingham] city centre.

1993 E. Hobsbawm Age of Extremes 204 Whatever the economy, the wealth, the cultures, and the political systems of countries had been before they came within reach of the North American octopus, they were all sucked into the world market.

3. Frequently with capital initial. A fairground ride consisting of a set of eccentrically rotating spokes with pivoting passenger cars mounted on their ends.

ΚΠ

1938 Billboard 9 Apr. 75 (advt.) The Octopus..a star performer of season 1937... The new 1938 car is a beauty..scientifically constructed to create new thrills with absolute safety.

1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 109 The ‘Octopus’..had almost no affinity with the eight-footed aquatic. A revolving spider-frame, with cars freely pivoted at the end of each arm, was made to revolve about a doubly-eccentric axis.

1994 New Scientist 4 June 10/3 Several other popular rides, such as the Octopus, which is common in British fairgrounds, also incorporate chaotic motions in them.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of or relating to an octopus; (also) resembling or suggestive of an octopus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > relating to or like that of an octopus

octopus1875

octopodan1890

octopean1896

octopine1914

octopian1922

octopic1968

1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 203 The octopus tank is in fine order.

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iv. 54 Then they laid octopus-limbs on her.

1894 Outing 24 460/1 An octopus power sought to tear the human limpet from its clinging place.

1949 New Life Oct. 246 Today it is the masses, the workers who are uprooted and are regrouped in international industrial, commercial and financial undertakings in the industrial regions, in ‘Octopus’ towns.

1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine iii. 98 Octopus mud that clutched and clung and squelched and sucked.

1999 Angling Times 16 June 48/7 (advt.) Watercraft box, seat, extra winder trays, six front loading drawers, octopus legs plus one seat, foot plate, aluminum side tray.

Derivatives

ˈoctopus-like adj.

ΚΠ

1879 Littell's Living Age 11 Oct. 69/1 What more likely, therefore, than that, octopus-like, she [sc. Russia] should continue to stretch out her huge tentacles further and further.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 9 A strange-looking octopus-like creature.

1990 New Scientist 8 Sept. 47/1 One answer is the compatibiliser. This is an octopus-like molecule in which each ‘arm’ represents a section of a different polymer, that in turn is characteristic of a different plastic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	octopus
释义	octopusn.adj. Brit. /ˈɒktəpəs/, U.S. /ˈɑktəpəs/ Inflections: Plural octopuses, octopi, (rare) octopodes Brit. /ɒkˈtəʊpədiːz/, /ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/, U.S. /ɑkˈtoʊpədiz/, /ɑkˈtɑpədiz/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin octopus. Etymology: < scientific Latin octopus (1758 or earlier in Linnaeus) < ancient Greek ὀκτώποδ- , ὀκτώπους (also ὀκτάποδ- , ὀκτάπους ) eight-footed, an eight-footed creature < ὀκτώ- octo- comb. form + πόδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form).The plural form octopodes reflects the Greek plural; compare octopod n. The more frequent plural form octopi arises from apprehension of the final -us of the word as the grammatical ending of Latin second declension nouns; this apprehension is also reflected in compounds in octop- : see e.g. octopean adj., octopic adj., octopine adj., etc. A. n. 1. a. Any of numerous cephalopod molluscs of the genus Octopus or the order Octopoda, having eight sucker-bearing arms or tentacles, a beaklike mouth, and no internal shell (or only a vestigial one); (also) (in form Octopus) the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Cuvier Tableau Élém. de l'Hist. Nat. des Animaux (1797) 380. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > genus Octopus octopus1759 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 778 The Polypus, particularly so called, the Octopus, Preke, or Pour-contrel. 1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XII. 291 The octopi also feed on conchyliferous mollusca. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. x. 308 The body of the octopus is small, it has legs sometimes a foot and a half in length, with about two hundred and forty suckers on each leg. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 251/1 It was probably a species of Octopus that Mr. Beale encountered while searching for shells upon the rocks of the Bonin Islands. 1880 R. Browning Pietro 401 Help! The old magician clings like an octopus! 1884 H. M. Leathes Rough Notes Nat. Hist. 46 Saying that enormous octopuses existed on the western side of Panama, in the Pacific Ocean. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 401 The suckers, sometimes unstalked as in Octopus, sometimes stalked as in squids, are muscular cups which take a firm grip. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 780/2 Young octopi, delicacy of the Japanese, hungrily searched about with their tentacles. The big dangerous ones would be in deep water. 1992 S. Rose Making of Memory from Molecules to Mind (BNC) 175 Young's lifetime passion for the large molluscs led him from the squid to the octopus. 2000 Sunday Times 23 July (Travel section) 5/1 There is lots to see, from the tiniest flamboyant nudibranches to ever-curious octopuses and shoals of bream. b. The flesh of an octopus used as food. ΚΠ 1910 Z. D. Ferriman Home Life in Hellas vi. 225 Lenten fare is displayed in an attractive form—piles of canned lobster, olives..red caviar and festoons of dried octopus. 1958 Woman's Own 10 Sept. 33/1 For that ritzy touch, get octopus or ham in champagne. 1994 Hispanic July 44/3 Pulpo al pil pil, classic poached octopus with lemon, butter, red wine, garlic, and capers. 2. figurative. Anything resembling or suggestive of an octopus; esp. an organized, usually harmful or destructive, power having extended ramifications, far-reaching influence, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > far-reaching octopus1878 1878 in I. M. Tarbell Hist. Standard Oil Co. I. 182 One refiner after another..fell shivering with dislike into the embrace of this commercial octopus. 1882 W. R. Greg Misc. Ess. ii. 37 We are the very octopus of nations. 1893 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Mar. 2/1 The electric octopus. Formal organization of the New England Street Railway Company. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 157/1 The good-natured Taft had..done nothing to curb the power of these octopuses. 1976 E. Ward Hanged Man xxvii. 172 Quentin loafed round the concrete octopus of the [Birmingham] city centre. 1993 E. Hobsbawm Age of Extremes 204 Whatever the economy, the wealth, the cultures, and the political systems of countries had been before they came within reach of the North American octopus, they were all sucked into the world market. 3. Frequently with capital initial. A fairground ride consisting of a set of eccentrically rotating spokes with pivoting passenger cars mounted on their ends. ΚΠ 1938 Billboard 9 Apr. 75 (advt.) The Octopus..a star performer of season 1937... The new 1938 car is a beauty..scientifically constructed to create new thrills with absolute safety. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 109 The ‘Octopus’..had almost no affinity with the eight-footed aquatic. A revolving spider-frame, with cars freely pivoted at the end of each arm, was made to revolve about a doubly-eccentric axis. 1994 New Scientist 4 June 10/3 Several other popular rides, such as the Octopus, which is common in British fairgrounds, also incorporate chaotic motions in them. B. adj. (attributive). Of or relating to an octopus; (also) resembling or suggestive of an octopus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > relating to or like that of an octopus octopus1875 octopodan1890 octopean1896 octopine1914 octopian1922 octopic1968 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 203 The octopus tank is in fine order. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iv. 54 Then they laid octopus-limbs on her. 1894 Outing 24 460/1 An octopus power sought to tear the human limpet from its clinging place. 1949 New Life Oct. 246 Today it is the masses, the workers who are uprooted and are regrouped in international industrial, commercial and financial undertakings in the industrial regions, in ‘Octopus’ towns. 1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine iii. 98 Octopus mud that clutched and clung and squelched and sucked. 1999 Angling Times 16 June 48/7 (advt.) Watercraft box, seat, extra winder trays, six front loading drawers, octopus legs plus one seat, foot plate, aluminum side tray. Derivatives ˈoctopus-like adj. ΚΠ 1879 Littell's Living Age 11 Oct. 69/1 What more likely, therefore, than that, octopus-like, she [sc. Russia] should continue to stretch out her huge tentacles further and further. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 9 A strange-looking octopus-like creature. 1990 New Scientist 8 Sept. 47/1 One answer is the compatibiliser. This is an octopus-like molecule in which each ‘arm’ represents a section of a different polymer, that in turn is characteristic of a different plastic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1759
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