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colossuses

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co⋅los⋅sus

  [kuh-los-uhs]
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–noun, plural -los⋅si  [-los-ahy] , -los⋅sus⋅es.
1. (initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Compare Seven Wonders of the World.
2. any statue of gigantic size.
3. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L < Gk kolossós statue, image, presumably < a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language
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co·los·sus   (kə-lŏs'əs)   
n.   pl. co·los·si (-lŏs'ī') or co·los·sus·es

  1. A huge statue.

  2. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance: a colossus of bureaucracy.


[Latin, from Greek kolossos.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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