Colossal

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early 18th century: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus).


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From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός(kolossós, “giant statue”).


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colossal (adj.)

"of extraordinary size, huge, gigantic," 1712 (colossic in the same sense is recorded from c. 1600; colossean also was used in 17c.), from French colossal, from colosse, from Latin colossus "statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue" (see colossus).