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colossus

American  
[kuh-los-uhs] / kəˈlɒs əs /

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 British  
/ kəˈlɒsəs /

noun

  1. something very large, esp a statue

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Etymology

Origin of colossus

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

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