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Polypheme

Polypheme proper noun: polyphemus.

Proper noun

Polypheme

  1. (rare) Polyphemus.
    • Slowly, amidst the distorted horrors of that indescribable scene, she began to churn the lethal waters; whilst on the masonry of that charnel shore that was not of earth the titan Thing from the stars slavered and gibbered like Polypheme cursing the fleeing ship of Odysseus.1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular...

Origin of Polypheme

From French Polyphème, from Latin Polyphemus, from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos).

Questions about Polypheme

What does Polypheme mean?
Polypheme means polyphemus.
What part of speech is Polypheme?
Polypheme is a proper noun.

Words near Polypheme in the dictionary

  1. polyphasia
  2. polyphasic
  3. polyphasically
  4. polyphasicity
  5. Polypheman
  6. Polypheme
  7. Polyphemian
  8. polyphemic
  9. polyphemid
  10. polyphemids
  11. Polyphemous

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