SUPERCOLOSSAL
əl adjective
1.
extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
2.
of or resembling a colossus.
3.
( initial capital letter ) Architecture. noting or pertaining to a classical order whose columns or pilasters span two or more stories of a building.
Related forms
co·los·sal·ly, adverb
su·per·co·los·sal, adjective
su·per·co·los·sal·ly, adverb
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of immense size; huge; gigantic |
| 2. | Compare heroic (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size |
| 3. | architect Also: giant of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade |
| co'lossally | |
| —adv | |
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colossal
1712 (colossic in the same sense is recorded from 1607), from Fr. colossal, from colosse, from L. colossus, from Gk. kolossos (see colossus).
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