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cyclopic

cyclopic

9.9
Having one eye in the middle of the forehead
  • adjective
  • /saɪˈklɒpɪk/
translation icon : ciclópeo
  • The artist created a painting of a cyclopic monster, which captivated many with its unique appearance.

Examples

  • The movie featured a cyclopic creature that terrified the villagers with its enormous central eye.

  • This is a lamb, a cyclopic lamb that was born to a pregnant you that consumed this plant during gestation.

  • In the story, the hero encountered a cyclopic giant who lived on a distant island.

Synonyms

cyclopean
vscyclopic
1 9.9

Very large and rough in shape, like a giant with one big eye or a massive stone wall

focuses specifically on a single eye in the forehead
monocular
vscyclopic
1 6.5

Seen or used with only one eye

describes appearance of a single central eye rather than mere one eye use

Surface Forms

cyclopic positive

Morphology

cyclopic = cyclops (transparent) = cyclops + ic

The adjective is directly formed from 'cyclops' + the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', so its meaning 'like a Cyclops / having a single central eye' is inferable from the base.

Etymology

Cyclopic comes from the Greek name Cyclops, which is made from a word for 'circle' (cyclo-) and a word for 'eye' (ops, the same root as in optic). So cyclopic describes something that has or looks like a single eye in the middle of the forehead, like the one-eyed creature of Greek myth.