cyclopean[adjective]Synonyms: huge, Antaean, colossal, elephantine, gargantuan, gigantic, Herculean, mammoth, monstrous, titanic
Antonyms: lilliputian
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Cyclopean adjective.
[sʌɪklǝ'pi:ǝn, -'klǝʊpɪǝn] Also Cyclopian
[usu. sʌɪ'klǝʊpɪǝn].
L16.[from Latin Cyclopeus, -pius from Greek Kuklōpios, from Kuklōps CYCLOPS: see -EAN, -IAN.]1. Belonging to or resembling the Cyclopes; monstrous, huge.
L16.2. Of (esp. ancient) masonry: made with massive irregular or crudely-shaped blocks.
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