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colossal

adj
/kəˈlɒsəl/UK/kəˈlɑsəl/US/kəˈlɒsəl/CA/kəˈlɔsəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor. Latin colossusbor. French colosse Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French colossalder. English colossal From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

  1. derived from κολοσσός
  2. derived from colossus
  3. derived from colossal

Definitions

  1. Extremely large or on a great scale.

    • A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
    • What is wrong with you, you colossal fucking creep⁉ You found the only possible wrong answer to that question! “What’s your favorite color? Hitler.”

  2. Amazingly spectacular

    Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.

    • "It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."

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Derived

colossally, colossalness, colossal squid, hypercolossal, mega-colossal, supercolossal, ultracolossal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at colossal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at colossal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at colossal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA