colosson.

Brit.

/kəˈlɒsəʊ/, U.S.

/kəˈlɑsoʊ/

Forms: 1500s colossoes (plural), 1500s–1600s 2000s– colosso, 1600s collosso.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian colosso.

Etymology: < Italian colosso (a1436 with reference to statues, a1566 with reference to people) < classical Latin colossus colossus n. Compare earlier colossus n. and coloss n.

rare after 17th cent.

= colossus n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > very large statue

colossuseOE

coloss1549

colosso1596

1596 E. Spenser in Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot sig. ¶viii Admire their statues, their Colossoes great.

1616 R. Cocks Diary 2 Nov. (1883) I. 200 The temple of Dibottes, with the hudge collosso or bras imadg (or rather idoll) in it.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman ii. 20 Statues or huge Colossos full of Lead.

1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. iii. ii. 72 Alexander, Hannibal, Scipio, Marius and Cesar, were great Men, nay Colossos amongst Men.

2006 Art Bull. 88 277/2 Transforming a small model into a full-size sculpture, not to mention into a colosso, was not something easily achieved.

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

单词	colosso
释义	colosson. Brit. /kəˈlɒsəʊ/, U.S. /kəˈlɑsoʊ/ Forms: 1500s colossoes (plural), 1500s–1600s 2000s– colosso, 1600s collosso. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian colosso. Etymology: < Italian colosso (a1436 with reference to statues, a1566 with reference to people) < classical Latin colossus colossus n. Compare earlier colossus n. and coloss n. rare after 17th cent. = colossus n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > very large statue colossuseOE coloss1549 colosso1596 1596 E. Spenser in Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot sig. ¶viii Admire their statues, their Colossoes great. 1616 R. Cocks Diary 2 Nov. (1883) I. 200 The temple of Dibottes, with the hudge collosso or bras imadg (or rather idoll) in it. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman ii. 20 Statues or huge Colossos full of Lead. 1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. iii. ii. 72 Alexander, Hannibal, Scipio, Marius and Cesar, were great Men, nay Colossos amongst Men. 2006 Art Bull. 88 277/2 Transforming a small model into a full-size sculpture, not to mention into a colosso, was not something easily achieved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596
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