Cyclopicadj.1
/sʌɪˈklɒpɪk/ 1. Belonging to or resembling a Cyclops; monstrous; Cyclopean.
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Cyclopical1583
Cyclopic1633
Cyclopean1641
Polyphemic1796
1633 W. Struther True Happines 55 This is nothing but the old blinde cyclopick superarrogancie.
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 68 Which it took into its Cyclopique arms, and crumbled into ashes.
1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 46 Some Cyclopick Monster, which eats and drinks the Flesh and Blood of Mankind.
2. = Cyclopean adj. 1c.
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1924 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth V. Index Cyclopic form of Trilobite eyes.
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cyclopicadj.2
Chemistry.
(See quot. 1879.)
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1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VII. 418 Cyclopic acid, an acid obtained from Cyclopia Vogelii, a plant used in Africa for the preparation of tea..The cyclopic acid is deposited in the form of a yellow powder.
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ˈcyclopine n. an alkaloid obtained from Cyclopia.
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