cyclopean

1. often Cyclopean Relating to or suggestive of a Cyclops: a great Cyclopean monocle.
2. Very big; huge: has a cyclopean ego.
3. Of or constituting a primitive style of masonry characterized by the use of massive stones of irregular shape and size.

(sy-kluh-PEE-uhn, si-KLOP-ee-uhn)

adjective
1. Of or suggestive of Cyclops; one-eyed.
2. Huge.
3. Formed with large, irregular stones closely fitted without the use of mortar.

Etymology
From Latin Cyclopeus, from Greek Kyklops (Cyclops), from kyklos (circle) + ops (eye). Cyclops were a race of savage one-eyed giants in Greek mythology. They forged thunderbolts for Zeus in return for their freedom. Cyclopean walls were attributed to them for their strength in building such massive walls

Cyclops pictures: images.google.com/images?q=cyclops. A cyclopean wall: www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajm/Pages/cyclopean.htm.

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast. Informal walloping. Slang whopping. See big/small/amount.

1. Describing prehistoric masonry, made of huge stone blocks laid without mortar.
2. Megalithic.

Cyclopean, 1 wall

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lavet af kampestensblokke, kyklop-

Nederlands (Dutch)
cyclopisch

Français (French)
adj. - cyclopéen

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zyklopisch, gigantisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κυκλώπειος

Italiano (Italian)
ciclopico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ciclópico

Русский (Russian)
циклопический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ciclópeo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kyklopisk, jättelik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
独眼巨人的, 巨石堆积的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 獨眼巨人的, 巨石堆積的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 키클롭스(외눈의 거인)의, 외눈의, 거대한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 巨大な, 片目の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضخم جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ענקי‬

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