cycloptic

English

Etymology

Derived from cyclops (one eye)

Adjective

cycloptic (comparative more cycloptic, superlative most cycloptic)

1. (not comparable) One-eyed.
   • 1997, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (film)

     DR. EVIL: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly?

2. (figurative) Approaching or viewing a situation with a single perspective, lacking foresight; short-sighted.
   • 1981, David LeRoy Miller, Christs: Meditations on Archetypal Images in Christian Theology, Seabury Press, published 1981, page 38:

     Such insightful feeling by way of cycloptic vision may accompany an experience […]