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Cyclopean, -ian, a.|saɪkləʊˈpiːən, saɪˈkləʊpɪən|
[f. L. Cyclōpē-us, a. Gr. κυκλώπειος, and Cyclōpius, a. Gr. κυκλώπιος, f. κύκλωπες the builders of the walls of Mycenæ, pl. of κύκλωψ a Cyclops, a one-eyed giant of ancient mythology.]
1. a. Belonging to or resembling the Cyclopes; monstrous, gigantic, huge; single, or large and round, like the one eye of a Cyclops.
1641Symonds Serm. bef. Ho. Com. C iv b, To redeem from the Cyclopean power that which is the glory of Christ. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 422 Such as th' unbless'd Cyclopean climes produce. 1762Falconer Shipwr. iii. 293 Then, forged by Cyclopean art, appear'd Thunders. 1858Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Phil. 7 Press by which the Britannia tubular bridge was erected..The weight and bulk of this cyclopean engine were in accordance with its vast mechanical power. 1878Newcomb Pop. Astron. ii. i. 139 We may liken the telescope to a ‘Cyclopean eye’.
b. (See cyclopia.)
2. Antiq. Applied to an ancient style of masonry in which the stones are of immense size and more or less irregular shape; found in Greece, Italy, and elsewhere, and anciently fabled to be the work of a gigantic Thracian race called Cyclopes from their king Cyclops. Now applied also to similar ancient work in other regions.
1822M. Wilmot Jrnl. 26 Mar. in More Lett. (1935) 158 Fondi: remarkable for its gate, its Ciclopean wall, its tower. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. ii. 61 The huge structures..commonly described by the epithet Cyclopean. Ibid. 62 The most unsightly Cyclopian wall. 1845Petrie Round Towers Irel. 169 A style of masonry perfectly Cyclopean. |