colossicadj.

Brit.

/kəˈlɒsɪk/, U.S.

/kəˈlɑsɪk/

Forms: 1600s collossicke, 1600s colossick, 1600s colossicke, 1800s– colossic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin colossicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin colossicus much larger than life, colossal < Hellenistic Greek κολοσσικός < κολοσσός colossus n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier colossian adj.²

rare between 17th and 20th centuries.

= colossal adj. (in various senses).

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

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

colossian1601

colossic1607

colossean1644

colossal1712

heroic1712

1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 1 Those Colossicke Statues.

1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. G3^v Your Collossicke greatnesse.

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 753 The three great Colossick works of Myron.

1683 C. Wase tr. Cicero Five Days Deb. Tusculum ii. xi. 113 These fabulous or heroical Instances of Pain and Impatience, like magnified Objects, or Colossick Statues, present to the Fancy a clearer view of the Passion in all its parts.

1847 C. Knight Pict. Gallery Arts II. i. i. 10/3 At various points along the route are ruins of different kinds; such as..single columns and single colossic pyramids, &c.

1918 Mod. Lang. Rev. 13 4 Our colossic statist goes down before the wind, and every man has a tenure as fragile, whatever his place or possessions.

1997 M. Neill Issues of Death (1998) iii. ix. 314 She reshapes her lover in the colossic image of the Herculean hero.

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

单词	colossic
释义	colossicadj. Brit. /kəˈlɒsɪk/, U.S. /kəˈlɑsɪk/ Forms: 1600s collossicke, 1600s colossick, 1600s colossicke, 1800s– colossic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin colossicus. Etymology: < classical Latin colossicus much larger than life, colossal < Hellenistic Greek κολοσσικός < κολοσσός colossus n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier colossian adj.² rare between 17th and 20th centuries. = colossal adj. (in various senses). 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 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge > specifically of statues colossian1601 colossic1607 colossean1644 colossal1712 heroic1712 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 1 Those Colossicke Statues. 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. G3^v Your Collossicke greatnesse. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 753 The three great Colossick works of Myron. 1683 C. Wase tr. Cicero Five Days Deb. Tusculum ii. xi. 113 These fabulous or heroical Instances of Pain and Impatience, like magnified Objects, or Colossick Statues, present to the Fancy a clearer view of the Passion in all its parts. 1847 C. Knight Pict. Gallery Arts II. i. i. 10/3 At various points along the route are ruins of different kinds; such as..single columns and single colossic pyramids, &c. 1918 Mod. Lang. Rev. 13 4 Our colossic statist goes down before the wind, and every man has a tenure as fragile, whatever his place or possessions. 1997 M. Neill Issues of Death (1998) iii. ix. 314 She reshapes her lover in the colossic image of the Herculean hero. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1607
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