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   Co·los·sus

   /kəˈläsəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a statue that is much bigger than life size: "two statues known as the Colossi of Memnon"
   • ▪ a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability: "the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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