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1. (adj.) Cyclopean
of or resembling the Cyclopes:
a Cyclopean eye.
2. Cyclopean
(sometimes l.c.) gigantic; vast.
3. Cyclopean
(usu. l.c.) formed with or containing large, undressed stones fitted together without mortar.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L Cyclōpē(us) (< Gk KyklṒpeios, adj. der. of KýklōpsCyclops ) + -an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cyclopean
of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops
"Cyclopean eye"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cyclopean
pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture
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