Co‐los″sal (?), a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.] 1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. “A colossal stride.” Motley.
2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.