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单词 centoculated
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centoculatedadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centoculus , -ated suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin centoculus (5th cent. in Jerome; < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.2) + oculus eye: see oculus n.) + -ated suffix.
Obsolete.
Having a hundred eyes.Only as an epithet of Argus, a primordial giant in Greek mythology; cf. all-eyed adj.2
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1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. i. sig. Hv The Cent-oculated Argus.
1660 Char. Italy 3 His Bastards that closed the Eyelids of centoculated Argus.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Centoculated, [Argus] having 100 eyes. [Also in later dictionaries.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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