wheel-eyed en · ADJ
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.
Meanings
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(especially, literary, of the cyclops, qualifier:epithet) Possessing 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wheel-eyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most wheel-eyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |