Colossus
[kə'lɒsəs] or [kə'lɑsəs]
Definition
(n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
(n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Gigantic statue.
Typist: Sharif
Definition
n. a gigantic statue esp. that of Apollo astride the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes.—adjs. Coloss′al like a colossus: gigantic; Coloss′alwise astride (Shak.).—ns. Colossē′um Colisē′um Vespasian's amphitheatre at Rome which was the largest in the world.
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Examples
- At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The military Colossus then tumbled, and the Press began to lead mankind. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the friendliest manner he is making himself quite at home with his back to the fire, executing a statuette of the Colossus at Rhodes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And presently the Oracle stepped out with his eternal spy-glass and squared himself on the deck like another Colossus of Rhodes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He desired I would stand like a Colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I conveniently could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He traveled on those feet and his hands, and was as sway-backed as if the Colossus of Rhodes had been riding him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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