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Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.

Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n.

Colossal. [R.]

Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived. -- Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry. -- Heroic treatment or remedies (Med.)…

l. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey.