Cyclopean

See also: cyclopean

English

Adjective

Cyclopean (comparative more Cyclopean, superlative most Cyclopean)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of cyclopean
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
      Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire,
      And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts,
      Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes,
      Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]

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