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Megalithic seems more fitting than cyclopean to me.
by orm 5y ago
Megalithic seems more fitting than cyclopean to me.
- Ancapistani 5y agoI’ve seen “cyclopean” (lower case) used to mean “huge” in fiction a few times, especially in fiction set in the past. Interestingly, this dictionary lists three meanings of the word: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cyclopean https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cyclopean The first is “referring to a Cyclops”. The second is “huge”. The third is in reference to these types of (megalithic) ruins. I wonder if the first meaning is the original one, and the others evolved from that meaning as our understanding of human history changed.