OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14001

colossus

/kəˈlɒs.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coloso
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.
coloso
Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
What I love about the colossi is that they actually feel colossal : they move ponderously around, sending out tremours with each step; their ancient husks richly detailed with dirt…
["]The Empire has always been a realm of colossal resources. […] Why, they don't even understand their own colossi any longer. The machines work from generation to generation autom…
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