/keuh los"euhs/ , n. , pl. colossi /-los"uy/ , colossuses .
1. ( cap. ) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World .
2. any statue of gigantic size.
3. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
[ 1350-1400; ME kolossós statue, image, presumably ]