kəˈläsəs noun
( plural colossuses -səsə̇z ; or colossi -ˌsī, -_sē)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek kolossos
1. : a huge statue of greater than heroic size and proportions
fronting the Amon temple four gigantic colossi were erected — D.A.Mackenzie
2. : one marked by great size, scope, strength, power, or effect and able to dwarf or dominate others:
a. : a nation vastly larger and more powerful than those near it
Latin-American distrust and fear of the colossus to the north
b. : a huge and powerful industrial concern
a colossus with eight plants, some 44,000 employees — Time
c. : one remarkably outstanding and preeminent over others
such an artistic colossus as Michelangelo — Hunter Mead