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Synonyms for cyclopean


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sahy-kluh-pee-uh n, sahy-klop-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ kləˈpi ən, saɪˈklɒp i ən

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Définition of cyclopean

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin cyclopeus, from Greek kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops).
  • adj giant
Example sentences :
  • Arimaspi, their connection with Cyclopean architecture and mining, 86, 407.
  • Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
  • But what a picture of titanic energy, of cyclopean ambition!
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Her cyclopean walls, that seemed to render her impregnable, did not save her.
  • Extract from : « Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena » by H. J. Mozans
  • If the buildings are Cyclopean, so is the race that reared them.
  • Extract from : « America To-day, Observations and Reflections » by William Archer
  • If the elm gives the Gothic, this was assuredly the Cyclopean arch.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. » by Various
  • The cell was large, and if it was the bottom of a well, it must have been a cyclopean one.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • The simile is noble and worthy of the Cyclopean craftsman, Dumas.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Little » by Andrew Lang
  • Sometimes the chulpas are round, and in some the masonry is of that variety we have already mentioned, called the Cyclopean.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • The doorways were formed from huge monoliths, and the whole aspect of the building was Cyclopean.
  • Extract from : « The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru » by Lewis Spence
  • Scattered over the surface of the Peruvian slope are Cyclopean ruins, the sole remnants of the works of a more primeval people.
  • Extract from : « The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru » by Lewis Spence
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