Meaning of CYCLOPEAN
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| Definition: | | [adj] of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean eye" |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Cy`clo*pe"an\ (s?`kl?-p?"an), a. [L. Cyclopeus, Gr.
?????, fr. ????? Cyclops: cf. F. cyclopeen.]
Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops;
huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean
labors; Cyclopean architecture.
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| Related Terms: | | abysmal, Antaean, astronomic, Atlantean, Briarean, Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, epic, Gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, Herculean, heroic, Homeric, huge, immense, infinite, jumbo, mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, profound, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast |
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