colossaladj.

Brit.

/kəˈlɒsl/, U.S.

/kəˈlɑs(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s colossale, 1700s– colossal.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French colossal.

Etymology: < French colossal (a1596 in Middle French) < colosse colossus n. + -al -al suffix¹. With sense 3 compare German kolossal . Compare earlier colossean adj., colossian adj.², and colossic adj.

a. Like a colossus; vast in size, amount, extent, or scope; gigantic, huge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge

un-i-fohOE

ormeteOE

hugea1275

un-i-feiec1275

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pyramidal1849

astronomical1871

astronomic1923

stratospheric1932

cosmic1935

ginormous1942

galactic1960

mega1968

humongous1970

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

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Pantagruelian1737

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seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

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monster1837

titanesque1838

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giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. i. 90 The greatness of its Mass, a thing very considerable in this [sc. the Tuscan] Order, whose specifique beauty consists in being vast, and of a manner Colossale [Fr. d'vne maniere colossale].

1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting iv. 45 To this Power of humanizing..these Colossal proportions, succeeds that of annexing the sublime to the most minute.

1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One Ded. p. i Where palms gigantic rear their tufted heads, And nature in colossal vegetation spreads.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiv. 316 Their fortune, formerly colossal.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) vii. 240 Dr. Johnson's colossal work, the..Dictionary.

1881 Nature 24 Nov. 88/2 This eruption was the most colossal one ever recorded in Hawaii.

1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) xxxi. 309 The establishment of inconvertible paper money..has led to colossal prices and the ultimate demonetisation of the paper.

1995 Maxim July 75/2 The surfers who make a career out of surfing the colossal rollers that loom up out of the Pacific.

b. Of an immaterial or abstract thing: extraordinarily great; immense; tremendous. Cf. huge adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme

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raging1889

giddy1896

utter1898

stiff1905

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. viii.136 Ordinary cases formed no standard for the colossal intelligence of Mr. Falkland.

1797 tr. C. C. de Rulhière Hist. or Anecd. Revol. Russia 73 This man, of a colossal beauty,..was well received at court.

1846 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 73/2 It is his great scenes, such as the last sacrament of Queen Mary, which have gained for him his colossal reputation.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xxi. 205 I do not suppose that any other statesman ever had such a colossal sense of humour.

1934 Mod. Psychologist June 29/2 Cursed not only with colossal social inadequacy, stutterers have, by layman, physicians, and psychologist alike, been dubbed abnormal.

1969 Listener 1 May 627/2 He thinks the cure of Tobit's blindness must have been either a colossal coincidence or a primeval case of vitamin therapy.

2002 Times 18 Jan. ii. 15/3 Since the colossal success of their single,..she has resisted the pressure to embark on a solo career.

a. Of a statue, human figure, or part of the body: very large in size or stature. Cf. colossus n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge > specifically of statues

colossian1601

colossic1607

colossean1644

colossal1712

heroic1712

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > kind or size of statue

pedestrial1611

colossean1644

iconic1656

colossal1712

heroic1712

pedestrian1722

Persian1728

heroical1770

Hermaean1813

Hermaic1820

lifelike1836

polylithic1839

stolated1856

life-size1859

Heraclean1883

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 76 Figures..bigger than the Life, called Colossal.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 16 On the summit of the pillar..stood the colossal statue of Apollo.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 184 His tight whites and tight silk stockings showed his colossal legs..to great advantage.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 255 Colossal crumbling idols.

1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. i. 8 A colossal red-haired maiden of twenty.

1905 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways Oxf. & Cotswolds ii. 42 Behind it towers the heaven-directed column of Victory with its colossal figure of the great duke.

1933 G. K. Chesterton St. Thomas Aquinas i. 14 The gown that could contain that colossal friar is not kept in stock.

1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) ix. 336 Two colossal statues of the Buddha are carved from sandstone cliffs.

b. Of a person: of great importance, influence, or prominence. Cf. colossus n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance

worthlyeOE

mickleeOE

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eventful1756

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bread and butter1822

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earth-moving?1834

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1775 W. Mason Let. 4 July in J. Mitford Corr. T. Gray (1843) 165 His greater, his colossal friend Dr. Johnson.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 8 A man who stood colossal amidst the iron images of the Age.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 19 In competition with the colossal figure of Achilles.

1930 C. E. Russell Charlemagne iv. 72 The colossal figure of the remaker of Europe, the founder of the modern state, and the father of modern democracy, Charles of the Franks.

2006 L. V. Still Corporate Elders vi. 155 He knew everything. He was incredibly fascinating... He was a colossal person.

3. colloquial.

a. As a depreciative intensifier: complete, utter; ‘out-and-out’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > implying negative

colossal1855

effing1929

cuntinga1935

focking1956

sweet1958

twatting1967

1855 M. Bridges Pop. Mod. Hist. xix. 432 On its benches sat many enthusiasts, no sages, a few well-meaners, and some colossal scoundrels.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 89 Being such a colossal ass as to come fooling about in mangrove swamps.

1903 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 9 760/2 For hon. and right hon. Gentlemen to come down here and talk this colossal nonsense makes those who do know something about the subject feel righteously indignant.

1955 W. D. Wallis & R. S. Wallis Micmac Indians E. Canada i. 7 Among whites and the younger Indians he had the reputation of being a colossal liar.

2000 W. Monahan Light House xxxiii. 173 ‘You're drunk!’ shouted Magdalene. ‘Of course I'm drunk, you colossal..mitten.’

b. Originally and chiefly U.S. Magnificent, superb; amazing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > and splendid

wlonkOE

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(like) a million dollars (also bucks)1911

swell1926

1895 E. D'Arcy in Yellow Bk. Apr. 54 The part now requires that she sicken and pine. Consequently she takes to bed, and sends her confidante to tell you so. Oh, it's colossal, it's famous.

1934 Punch 7 Mar. 263/3 This novel is simply superb, Colossal, stupendous.

1976 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 27 Dec. 9 b/1 (advt.) Try our Hillbilly Old Fashion Bread made from Granny's secret recipe! It's colossal!

2007 Torque Dec. 42/2 There is a sense of completeness in the way the R26 handles and goes. The power is addictive and the grip is just colossal.

Compounds

colossal order n. [after French ordre colossal (1788 in the passage translated in quot. 1789)] Architecture = giant order n. at giant n. and adj. Special uses; (also) an example of this.

ΚΠ

1789 tr. V. Denon Trav. Sicily & Malta 155 An entablature of ten feet ten inches nine lines in height, which would appear heavy on any other but a Colossal order [Fr. un ordre colossal], here produces an admirable effect.

1826 E. T. Cresy tr. F. Milizia Lives of Celebrated Architects II. 218 He only left a design for the facade of the Louvre, which is as well not executed. It consists of colossal orders, unequally distributed, containing two stories, with windows badly decorated.

1912 H. H. Statham Short Crit. Hist. Archit. vii. 461 It was Michelangelo who was the real and uncompromising prophet of the colossal order.

2007 I. Gournay in C. R. Field et al. Paris on Potomac 9 The rejection of the colossal order encompassing several stories, and the introduction of highly three-dimensional wall treatments.

colossal squid n. a very large squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (family Cranchiidae) found in deep Antarctic and subantarctic seas.The colossal squid is one of the largest squid known, and may reach a length of up to 14 m (46 ft).

ΚΠ

2003 Antarctic (N.Z. Antarctic Soc.) 20 Nos. 3–4. 28/1 [He] identified the catch as an immature Mesonychteuthis hamiltoni, commonly known as ‘Colossal Squid’.

2004 New Scientist 14 Feb. 17/1 The largest colossal squid eaten by one of the sleeper sharks would have been around 12 metres long.

2007 Guardian 23 Feb. 27/5 Whereas with the giant squid, most of the length is made up with the tentacles, in the colossal squid it's the mantle which is far bigger than the tentacles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colossal
释义	colossaladj. Brit. /kəˈlɒsl/, U.S. /kəˈlɑs(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s colossale, 1700s– colossal. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French colossal. Etymology: < French colossal (a1596 in Middle French) < colosse colossus n. + -al -al suffix¹. With sense 3 compare German kolossal . Compare earlier colossean adj., colossian adj.², and colossic adj. 1. a. Like a colossus; vast in size, amount, extent, or scope; gigantic, huge. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge un-i-fohOE ormeteOE hugea1275 un-i-feiec1275 infinitec1385 ponderousa1400 hugeful1413 hugyc1420 thrice1470 felon?a1500 hugeousa1529 enormous1544 enormc1560 fell1586 prodigious1601 immensive1604 colossic1607 monumental1632 vast1637 unfathomed1659 colossal1664 ponderose1680 heroic1785 colossian1794 pyramidal1849 astronomical1871 astronomic1923 stratospheric1932 cosmic1935 ginormous1942 galactic1960 mega1968 humongous1970 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. i. 90 The greatness of its Mass, a thing very considerable in this [sc. the Tuscan] Order, whose specifique beauty consists in being vast, and of a manner Colossale [Fr. d'vne maniere colossale]. 1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting iv. 45 To this Power of humanizing..these Colossal proportions, succeeds that of annexing the sublime to the most minute. 1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One Ded. p. i Where palms gigantic rear their tufted heads, And nature in colossal vegetation spreads. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiv. 316 Their fortune, formerly colossal. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) vii. 240 Dr. Johnson's colossal work, the..Dictionary. 1881 Nature 24 Nov. 88/2 This eruption was the most colossal one ever recorded in Hawaii. 1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) xxxi. 309 The establishment of inconvertible paper money..has led to colossal prices and the ultimate demonetisation of the paper. 1995 Maxim July 75/2 The surfers who make a career out of surfing the colossal rollers that loom up out of the Pacific. b. Of an immaterial or abstract thing: extraordinarily great; immense; tremendous. Cf. huge adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme strangec1380 overpassinga1382 passinga1387 most?c1430 extremec1460 horriblea1464 violenta1500 mainc1540 immortal?c1550 exquisite1552 sore1555 three-piled1598 thundering1618 devilish1639 shrewda1643 deadly1660 woundy1681 vast1696 monstrous1711 mortal1716 terrific1743 hell-fired1754 hellish1764 colossal1794 severe1805 awful1818 all-fired1829 terrible1829 quare and1847 ferocious1877 pluperfect1889 raging1889 giddy1896 utter1898 stiff1905 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. viii.136 Ordinary cases formed no standard for the colossal intelligence of Mr. Falkland. 1797 tr. C. C. de Rulhière Hist. or Anecd. Revol. Russia 73 This man, of a colossal beauty,..was well received at court. 1846 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 73/2 It is his great scenes, such as the last sacrament of Queen Mary, which have gained for him his colossal reputation. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xxi. 205 I do not suppose that any other statesman ever had such a colossal sense of humour. 1934 Mod. Psychologist June 29/2 Cursed not only with colossal social inadequacy, stutterers have, by layman, physicians, and psychologist alike, been dubbed abnormal. 1969 Listener 1 May 627/2 He thinks the cure of Tobit's blindness must have been either a colossal coincidence or a primeval case of vitamin therapy. 2002 Times 18 Jan. ii. 15/3 Since the colossal success of their single,..she has resisted the pressure to embark on a solo career. 2. a. Of a statue, human figure, or part of the body: very large in size or stature. Cf. colossus n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge > specifically of statues colossian1601 colossic1607 colossean1644 colossal1712 heroic1712 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > kind or size of statue pedestrial1611 colossean1644 iconic1656 colossal1712 heroic1712 pedestrian1722 Persian1728 heroical1770 Hermaean1813 Hermaic1820 lifelike1836 polylithic1839 stolated1856 life-size1859 Heraclean1883 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 76 Figures..bigger than the Life, called Colossal. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 16 On the summit of the pillar..stood the colossal statue of Apollo. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 184 His tight whites and tight silk stockings showed his colossal legs..to great advantage. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 255 Colossal crumbling idols. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. i. 8 A colossal red-haired maiden of twenty. 1905 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways Oxf. & Cotswolds ii. 42 Behind it towers the heaven-directed column of Victory with its colossal figure of the great duke. 1933 G. K. Chesterton St. Thomas Aquinas i. 14 The gown that could contain that colossal friar is not kept in stock. 1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) ix. 336 Two colossal statues of the Buddha are carved from sandstone cliffs. b. Of a person: of great importance, influence, or prominence. Cf. colossus n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 1775 W. Mason Let. 4 July in J. Mitford Corr. T. Gray (1843) 165 His greater, his colossal friend Dr. Johnson. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 8 A man who stood colossal amidst the iron images of the Age. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 19 In competition with the colossal figure of Achilles. 1930 C. E. Russell Charlemagne iv. 72 The colossal figure of the remaker of Europe, the founder of the modern state, and the father of modern democracy, Charles of the Franks. 2006 L. V. Still Corporate Elders vi. 155 He knew everything. He was incredibly fascinating... He was a colossal person. 3. colloquial. a. As a depreciative intensifier: complete, utter; ‘out-and-out’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > implying negative colossal1855 effing1929 cuntinga1935 focking1956 sweet1958 twatting1967 1855 M. Bridges Pop. Mod. Hist. xix. 432 On its benches sat many enthusiasts, no sages, a few well-meaners, and some colossal scoundrels. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 89 Being such a colossal ass as to come fooling about in mangrove swamps. 1903 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 9 760/2 For hon. and right hon. Gentlemen to come down here and talk this colossal nonsense makes those who do know something about the subject feel righteously indignant. 1955 W. D. Wallis & R. S. Wallis Micmac Indians E. Canada i. 7 Among whites and the younger Indians he had the reputation of being a colossal liar. 2000 W. Monahan Light House xxxiii. 173 ‘You're drunk!’ shouted Magdalene. ‘Of course I'm drunk, you colossal..mitten.’ b. Originally and chiefly U.S. Magnificent, superb; amazing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > and splendid wlonkOE clear1362 wlonkfulc1400 royalc1425 imperial?1435 magnificousa1474 splendidious?a1475 triumphant1494 glorious1622 aureate1625 candid1648 splendid1653 magnifico1654 magnificent1664 dazzling1749 splendiferous1827 angeliferous1837 million-dollar1854 purple1894 colossal1895 (like) a million dollars (also bucks)1911 swell1926 1895 E. D'Arcy in Yellow Bk. Apr. 54 The part now requires that she sicken and pine. Consequently she takes to bed, and sends her confidante to tell you so. Oh, it's colossal, it's famous. 1934 Punch 7 Mar. 263/3 This novel is simply superb, Colossal, stupendous. 1976 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 27 Dec. 9 b/1 (advt.) Try our Hillbilly Old Fashion Bread made from Granny's secret recipe! It's colossal! 2007 Torque Dec. 42/2 There is a sense of completeness in the way the R26 handles and goes. The power is addictive and the grip is just colossal. Compounds colossal order n. [after French ordre colossal (1788 in the passage translated in quot. 1789)] Architecture = giant order n. at giant n. and adj. Special uses; (also) an example of this. ΚΠ 1789 tr. V. Denon Trav. Sicily & Malta 155 An entablature of ten feet ten inches nine lines in height, which would appear heavy on any other but a Colossal order [Fr. un ordre colossal], here produces an admirable effect. 1826 E. T. Cresy tr. F. Milizia Lives of Celebrated Architects II. 218 He only left a design for the facade of the Louvre, which is as well not executed. It consists of colossal orders, unequally distributed, containing two stories, with windows badly decorated. 1912 H. H. Statham Short Crit. Hist. Archit. vii. 461 It was Michelangelo who was the real and uncompromising prophet of the colossal order. 2007 I. Gournay in C. R. Field et al. Paris on Potomac 9 The rejection of the colossal order encompassing several stories, and the introduction of highly three-dimensional wall treatments. colossal squid n. a very large squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (family Cranchiidae) found in deep Antarctic and subantarctic seas.The colossal squid is one of the largest squid known, and may reach a length of up to 14 m (46 ft). ΚΠ 2003 Antarctic (N.Z. Antarctic Soc.) 20 Nos. 3–4. 28/1 [He] identified the catch as an immature Mesonychteuthis hamiltoni, commonly known as ‘Colossal Squid’. 2004 New Scientist 14 Feb. 17/1 The largest colossal squid eaten by one of the sleeper sharks would have been around 12 metres long. 2007 Guardian 23 Feb. 27/5 Whereas with the giant squid, most of the length is made up with the tentacles, in the colossal squid it's the mantle which is far bigger than the tentacles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1664
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