colossus

[ kuh-los-uhs ]
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noun,plural co·los·si [kuh-los-ahy], /kəˈlɒs aɪ/, co·los·sus·es.
  1. (initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes.: Compare Seven Wonders of the World.

  2. any statue of gigantic size.

  1. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.

Origin of colossus

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1350–1400; Middle English <Latin <Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably < a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language

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colossus

/ (kəˈlɒsəs) /


nounplural -si (-saɪ) or -suses
  1. something very large, esp a statue

Origin of colossus

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C14: from Latin, from Greek kolossos

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