"supercolossus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-supercolossus.wav [US] Forms: supercolossi [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English colossus English supercolossus From super- + colossus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|super-|colossus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English colossus English supercolossus [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úp", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-er", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*super", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "colossus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "supercolossus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="supercolossus"> From super- + colossus. Head templates: {{en-noun|supercolossi}} supercolossus (plural supercolossi)
  1. (very rare, figuratively) Something that is of a very large size. Tags: figuratively, rare

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