Polypheme

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Polypheme

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

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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.

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@misc{polypheme_2026,
  title = {Polypheme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/polypheme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}