colossus
noun/kəˈlɒsəs/
/kəˈlɑːsəs/
- [singular] (formal) a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size
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- [countable] (plural colossian extremely large statue/kəˈlɒsaɪ//kəˈlɑːsaɪ/)
- the Colossi of Memnon
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by the Greek Historian Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples).
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