colossus

[kuh-los-uhs]

noun

plural

colossi, colossuses 

1. (initial capital letter),  the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes.

2. any statue of gigantic size.

3. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.

colossus

/ kəˈlɒsəs /

noun

1. something very large, esp a statue

Word History and Origins

Origin of colossus¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of colossus¹

C14: from Latin, from Greek kolossos