wheel-eyed

adjective

Possessing very large eyes.

OriginAncient Greek Κύκλωψ →
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Meanings

adjectivewheel-eyed (comparative more wheel-eyed, superlative most wheel-eyed)

comparative more wheel-eyed · superlative most wheel-eyed

  1. especiallyliteraryepithetPossessing very large eyes.

    Polypheme, the one-eyed, wheel-eyed Cyclops.

    1926 January, Aldous Huxley, “The Monocle”, in The Criterion, volume 4, Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., page 42

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΚύκλωψ
  2. Englishwheel-eyed

The traditional translation or calque of Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps), a folk etymology equivalent to wheel + eye, wherein the mythical one-eyed giants, cyclops, had eyes as large as cartwheels.

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