/ kəˈlɒsəs; NAmE -ˈlɑːs-/ noun
1.
[ sing. ] ( formal ) a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size
2.
[ C ] ( pl. co·lossi / kəˈlɒsaɪ; NAmE -ˈlɑːs-/) an extremely large statue
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by the Greek Historian Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples).