giraffesque

comparative more giraffesque · superlative most giraffesque

1. rareResembling or characteristic of a giraffe (animal).

   An attractive elderly lady was belting out questionable chords on an ancient upright, and a giraffesque young man played a quarter-size violin.

   1992, Bentley Lyon, Summer Stalk, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 119

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   The initiation, commonly held at the auspicious time of a full moon, begins a cycle in which the adolescent adds another new ring every two years until her neck is elongated into a giraffesque shape.

   1997 [1992], Carl Parkes, Thailand Handbook, second edition, Chico, CA: Moon Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →ISSN, page 492

   each week better and better at measuring, really getting her — one bold stroke a leg, her arching back, neck stretched giraffesque or like an elephant's trunk held erect, its thin skin ever more taut

   2012, Sue Vickerman, A Small Life, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd: Cinnamon Press, →ISBN, page 114