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8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
noun a person of exceptional importance and reputation
originFrom Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”), from an unknown Pre-Greek etymon (and erroneously associated with κολοφών).
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