单词 | centoculated |
释义 | † centoculatedadj. Obsolete. Having a hundred eyes.Only as an epithet of Argus, a primordial giant in Greek mythology; cf. all-eyed adj.2 ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology Briarean1579 Pegasean1590 Tantalean?1605 Pegasarian1607 centoculated1628 Oedipean1629 Typhoean1667 Oedipodean1827 Laocoön1910 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). < adj.1628 |
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