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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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