Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colossal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colossal \Co*los"sal\, a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See
{Colossus}.]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
``A colossal stride.'' --Motley.
2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
{Heroic}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colossal
adj : so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: {prodigious},
{stupendous}]
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