supercolossus

noun

Etymology

From super- + colossus.

  1. derived from κολοσσός
  2. borrowed from colossus
  3. prefixed as supercolossus — “super + colossus

Definitions

  1. Something that is of a very large size.

    • For the masters of the Kremlin have been no less aware of the sinister potentialities of a healthy and vigorous supercolossus whose population was at least three times as large as their own.
    • Like a supercolossus the Soviet Union sprawls over Eurasia with one foot on the heart of Europe and the second in the waters of the Pacific.
    • We, quote, "ain't seen nothing", because the Japanese have become a supercolossus in the economic competition.

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