Cyclopian
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of cyclopean. alt-of, alternative
"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt They soon found that the entire place was composed of the finest rock crystals, or rather it appeared to have been cut out of one gigantic crystal by some cyclopian lapidary."
Example
More examples"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt They soon found that the entire place was composed of the finest rock crystals, or rather it appeared to have been cut out of one gigantic crystal by some cyclopian lapidary."
Etymology
From cyclops + -ian.
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