giraffish

comparative more giraffish · superlative most giraffish

1. Resembling or characteristic of a giraffe, especially in being unusually tall.

   So he looked kind of giraffish.

   1984, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis Hyde, On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, page 127

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   Sitwell portrayed her giraffish stature and prominent features: “Of impressive height—a height that was over life-size for a woman, so that without looking a giantess she might yet seem an animated public monument […]

   2002, Jeffrey Meyers, D.H. Lawrence: A Biography, page 160

   Synonyms: giraffelike