Definition of "cyclopean" [cy•clo•pe•an]

• Relating to or suggestive of a Cyclops: a great Cyclopean monocle. (adjective)
• Very big; huge: has a cyclopean ego. (adjective)
• Of or constituting a primitive style of masonry characterized by the use of massive stones of irregular shape and size. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The cyclopean has been a /shite/ chancellor, he might be okay at math but has the economic grasp of a 10 year old, he never realises the human ramifications of his policies, he is the very definition of the C word you will not let me use here."
• "The only form of the arch observed, is that called the cyclopean arch, which is made by one course of stones overlapping another, till the two walls meet, and"
• "Do you ever lay awake at night dreaming of ways to introduce the word "cyclopean" into everyday speech?"