giraffish

giraffe +‎ -ish

giraffish (comparative more giraffish, superlative most giraffish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a giraffe, especially in being unusually tall.
   • 1984, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis Hyde, On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, page 127:

     So he looked kind of giraffish.

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

     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 […]

• giraffelike