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Polypheme|ˈpɒlɪfiːm|
Also 7 Polyphem.
[a. F. Polyphème, ad. L. Polyphemus.]
Name of a Cyclops or one-eyed giant in Homer's Odyssey; hence used allusively.
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 215 Goe therefore..to heave and hale your mighty Polyphem of Antiquity to the delusion of Novices, and unexperienc't Christians. 1656Blount Glossogr., Polypheme, generally taken for a Gyant, or any big, over-grown, disproportionate fellow. 1814Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy II. 311 Such prodigality as will suffice to gorge a race of Polyphemes. 1878Geo. Eliot Coll. Breakf. P. 637 His Handel-strain As of some angry Polypheme.
So Polyˈphemian, Polyˈphemic, Polyˈphemous adjs., belonging or relating to, resembling, or having the character of, Polyphemus.
1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. i. 124 Nor doe I enuie *Polyphemian puffes, Swizars slopt greatnesse. 1610Chester's Tri. (Chetham Soc.) Chester's last Speech 3 That can escape the Poliphemian eye of Envie, that for ever lookes awry.
1796Burney Mem. Metastasio II. 49 There comes an order from Court for a little *Polyphemic Cantata. 1837New Monthly Mag. LI. 236 With my agonized gaze still fixed on the Polyphemic orb of my loathsome neighbour.
1890Cent. Dict., *Polyphemous, one-eyed, monoculous, cyclopean. |