betentacled

English

Etymology

be- +‎ tentacled

Adjective

betentacled (not comparable)

1. Adorned with tentacles.
   • 1997 April 16, Ben Ostrowsky, “Re: How Would Telepathy Work? (was: Black and Blue)”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams‎^[1] (Usenet):

     What was that story about a human ambassador who went into space to learn the language of a huge betentacled alien, and finally learned it but gained tentacles in the bargain?

   • 1998, Jerry Oltion, Where Sea Meets Sky‎^[2], →ISBN, page 208:

     With a few bold strokes of the pen he had rendered a titan with its streamlined body, immense mouth in front, and betentacled fins at the rear.

   • 2009 April 8, Helen Brown, “Billy Ocean interview”, in The Telegraph‎^[3]:

     With a tangle of wild, grey dreadlocks splashing out across his face as he bounces and sways like a man at sea, Billy Ocean does look an awful lot like the betentacled character from the Pirates of the Caribbean films.