English Explanatory Dictionary

wheel-eyed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Possessing very large eyes.

Word forms

wheel-eyed more wheel-eyed most wheel-eyed

Etymology

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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