colossus
noun /kəˈlɒsəs/
/kəˈlɑːsəs/
- [singular] (formal) a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size
- [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).