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English Dictionary: colossal by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colossal
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): colossal, prodigious, stupendous
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.
            [bd]A colossal stride.[b8] --Motley.
  
      2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
            {Heroic}.
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