CYCLOPEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyclopean mean? 

• CYCLOPEAN (adjective)
  The adjective CYCLOPEAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops

  Familiarity information: CYCLOPEAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLOPEAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Cyclopean eye

Pertainym:

Cyclops ((Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead)

Derivation:

Cyclops ((Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead)

 Context examples 

And how my hatred for him grew and grew, during that fearful time, to cyclopean dimensions.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)