colossus

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co·los·sus / kəˈläsəs/ • n. (pl. -los·si / -ˈläsˌī/ or -los·sus·es) a statue that is much bigger than life size. ∎ fig. a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability.ORIGIN: late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples).

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