colossn.

Brit.

/kəˈlɒs/, U.S.

/kəˈlɑs/

Forms: 1500s collose, 1500s colose, 1500s–1600s collosse, 1500s–1600s colosse, 1600s– coloss.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French colosse; Latin colossus.

Etymology: < Middle French colosse (15th cent. with reference to statues, 1566 with reference to people) and its etymon classical Latin colossus colossus n. With some early uses (e.g. quot. 1561 at sense 1) compare Italian colosso (see colosso n.). Compare earlier colossus n. and later colosso n. N.E.D. (1891) also gives the pronunciation (kolǫ·s) /kəʊˈlɒs/.

Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use).

1. = colossus n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > very large statue

colossuseOE

coloss1549

colosso1596

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 37^v But aboue all that euer were, the Collose at Rodes exceded.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Nn.ii The Colosses [It. Colossi] that were made in Roome.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xi. xxvii. 200 So stood at Rhodes the Coloss of the sonne.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 82 Where..Nabuchadnezzar erected his golden Colosse.

1698 J. Tutchin White-Hall in Flames vii. 20 You'd think him a Collosse of Brass.

1751 W. Halfpenny Designs Chinese Bridges i. 6 A Coloss fixed to the kerb of the Roof.

1799 H. English Conversat. & Amusing Tales vi. 200 Two pyramids were placed in its centre; on which were too statues, or colosses; the one of Meris, the other of his queen.

1821 Joseph the Book-man 13 His legs so widely he did toss, As vessels sail'd beneath Coloss.

1884 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly 17 94/1 These four Colosses, sitting in majestic silence at the gates of the palace, must have produced a most imposing effect.

2008 J. Davidovits They built Pyramids xiv. 102 Other texts are being studied, including those concerning the building by agglomeration of the colosses of Memnon.

†2. figurative and in extended use. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is

Typhon?1592

coloss1597

Titan1611

colossus1646

Patagonian1767

mammoth1824

enormity1825

mastodon1850

prodigiosity1895

tyrannosaurus1957

1597 R. Allott in G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux sig. A.3 To worthy Deuoreux, Armes, and after Age, A wondrous Colosse doth thy Muse inhaunce, His boistrous feete are fixed on the stage Of peacefull Albions strond, and fruitfull Fraunce.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B^v Shall this..Colosse peruse And blast with stinking breath, thy budding Muse?

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. B4 It is not then any great person or huge Collosse, that can triumph ouer a good cause.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 84 The whole Structure and Machin of this great Coloss [sc. the Commonwealth] must needs fall a-pieces.

1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iv. 194 A vast peece of Plate.., or some Coloss of a Candlestick.

1761 Frederick II 7th Epist. 10 Lo! there a fatal Plague destroys Marseilles; Empires by War, immense Colosses fall, Man preys on Man, and Time erases all.

1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier Mem. Year Two Thousand Five Hundred I. xii. 77 That false and venal clarion, which vauntingly flattered the colosses of the earth, is totally destroyed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coloss
释义	colossn. Brit. /kəˈlɒs/, U.S. /kəˈlɑs/ Forms: 1500s collose, 1500s colose, 1500s–1600s collosse, 1500s–1600s colosse, 1600s– coloss. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French colosse; Latin colossus. Etymology: < Middle French colosse (15th cent. with reference to statues, 1566 with reference to people) and its etymon classical Latin colossus colossus n. With some early uses (e.g. quot. 1561 at sense 1) compare Italian colosso (see colosso n.). Compare earlier colossus n. and later colosso n. N.E.D. (1891) also gives the pronunciation (kolǫ·s) /kəʊˈlɒs/. Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use). 1. = colossus n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > very large statue colossuseOE coloss1549 colosso1596 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 37^v But aboue all that euer were, the Collose at Rodes exceded. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Nn.ii The Colosses [It. Colossi] that were made in Roome. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xi. xxvii. 200 So stood at Rhodes the Coloss of the sonne. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 82 Where..Nabuchadnezzar erected his golden Colosse. 1698 J. Tutchin White-Hall in Flames vii. 20 You'd think him a Collosse of Brass. 1751 W. Halfpenny Designs Chinese Bridges i. 6 A Coloss fixed to the kerb of the Roof. 1799 H. English Conversat. & Amusing Tales vi. 200 Two pyramids were placed in its centre; on which were too statues, or colosses; the one of Meris, the other of his queen. 1821 Joseph the Book-man 13 His legs so widely he did toss, As vessels sail'd beneath Coloss. 1884 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly 17 94/1 These four Colosses, sitting in majestic silence at the gates of the palace, must have produced a most imposing effect. 2008 J. Davidovits They built Pyramids xiv. 102 Other texts are being studied, including those concerning the building by agglomeration of the colosses of Memnon. †2. figurative and in extended use. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is Typhon?1592 coloss1597 Titan1611 colossus1646 Patagonian1767 mammoth1824 enormity1825 mastodon1850 prodigiosity1895 tyrannosaurus1957 1597 R. Allott in G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux sig. A.3 To worthy Deuoreux, Armes, and after Age, A wondrous Colosse doth thy Muse inhaunce, His boistrous feete are fixed on the stage Of peacefull Albions strond, and fruitfull Fraunce. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B^v Shall this..Colosse peruse And blast with stinking breath, thy budding Muse? 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. B4 It is not then any great person or huge Collosse, that can triumph ouer a good cause. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 84 The whole Structure and Machin of this great Coloss [sc. the Commonwealth] must needs fall a-pieces. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iv. 194 A vast peece of Plate.., or some Coloss of a Candlestick. 1761 Frederick II 7th Epist. 10 Lo! there a fatal Plague destroys Marseilles; Empires by War, immense Colosses fall, Man preys on Man, and Time erases all. 1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier Mem. Year Two Thousand Five Hundred I. xii. 77 That false and venal clarion, which vauntingly flattered the colosses of the earth, is totally destroyed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549
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