colossus
[ kuh-los-uh s ]
/ kəˈlɒs əs /
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noun, plural co·los·si [kuh-los-ahy] /kəˈlɒs aɪ/, co·los·sus·es.
(initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes.Compare Seven Wonders of the World.
any statue of gigantic size.
anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
Nearby words
colossae, colossal, colosseum, colossian, colossians, colossus, colossus of rhodes, colostomy, colostomy bag, colostrorrhea, colostrum
Origin of colossus
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably < a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language
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colossus
/ (kəˈlɒsəs) /
noun plural -si (-saɪ) or -suses
something very large, esp a statue
Word Origin for colossus
C14: from Latin, from Greek kolossos
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