† Cyclopicaladj.
Obsolete.
= Cyclopic adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology > belonging to Cyclops
Cyclopical1583
Cyclopic1633
Cyclopean1641
Polyphemic1796
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Gi Their hawtie stomackes and more than Cyclopicall countenances.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 169 Armed..with Cyclopical annuils.
Derivatives
Cyˈclopically adv. in a Cyclopic manner, as by a Cyclops.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adverb] > in the manner of a Cyclops
Cyclopically1868
1868 J. R. Lowell Winter Evening Hymn in Poems vi Upon the anvils of the brain..cyclopically wrought By the fast-throbbing hammer of the poet's thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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