Dictionary entry

Cyclopean

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cy′clo‐pe″an (s?′kl?–p?″an), a. [L. Cyclopeus, Gr. �����, fr. ����� Cyclops: cf. F. cyclopeen.] Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.