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colossean, a. arch.|kɒləˈsiːən|
[f. L. colossē-us (cf. Gr. κολοσσιαῖος) pertaining to a colossus + -an.]
Of the nature of a colossus, colossal.
16..Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 62 A Colossean figure of brass, with the wolf over Romulus and Remus. 1670R. Lassels Voy. Italy II. 34 Statues..of Colossean greatness. a1785Glover Athenaid x. (R.), The colossean image of their god. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son III. 151 These English ships of colossean size. 1850D. Thomas Crisis of Being iv. 62 A colossean image of gold. |