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colossus.

A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈlɒs.əs/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈlɑ.səs/General-American, dialectal/kəˈlɒs.əs/Canada, dialectal/kəˈlɔs.əs/New-Zealand
  1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

  2. Any creature or thing of gigantic size.

    broadly
  3. Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”), from an unknown Pre-Greek etymon (and erroneously associated with κολοφών).

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