supercolossus
supercolossus noun: something that is of a very large size.
Noun
supercolossus (plural supercolossi)
- Something that is of a very large size.
- For the masters of the Kremlin have been no less aware of the sinister potentialities of a healthy and vigorous supercolossus whose population was at least three times as large as their own.1963, Max Nomad, Political heretics: from Plato to Mao Tse-tung, page 337
- Like a supercolossus the Soviet Union sprawls over Eurasia with one foot on the heart of Europe and the second in the waters of the Pacific.1969, Louis Fischer, Russia's road from peace to war: Soviet foreign relations, 1917-1941, page 80
Forms of supercolossus
| plural | supercolossi |
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Origin of supercolossus
From super- + colossus.
Questions about supercolossus
- What does supercolossus mean?
- Supercolossus means something that is of a very large size.
- What part of speech is supercolossus?
- Supercolossus is a noun.
- What is the plural of supercolossus?
- The plural of supercolossus is supercolossi.
Words near supercolossus in the dictionary
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