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Cyclopean [ˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːən saɪˈkləʊpɪən] adj
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) denoting, relating to, or having the kind of masonry used in preclassical Greek architecture, characterized by large dry undressed blocks of stone ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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President Barbicane and the members of the Gun Club warmly congratulated their engineer Murchison; the cyclopean work had been accomplished with extraordinary rapidity. The engineering difficulties were great, the dredging and filling a cyclopean task. The day was glowing hot, and the scrambling over the rough surface and through the intricate thickets, was very fatiguing; but I was well repaid by the strange Cyclopean scene. |
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