colossal

 
Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒs(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1extremely large or great: a colossal amount of mail a colossal mistake
  • Sculpture (of a statue) at least twice life size.
  • 2 Architecture (of an order) having more than one storey of columns.

Derivatives

colossally

adverb

Origin:

early 18th century: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus)

Spelling help

Spell colossal with a single l then a double s.

large saggy shorts made her look colossal.