Synonyms for cyclopean
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sahy-kluh-pee-uh n, sahy-klop-ee-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ kləˈpi ən, saɪˈklɒp i ən |
Top 10 synonyms for cyclopean
Définition of cyclopean
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin cyclopeus, from Greek kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops).
- adj giant
- 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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