Crossword-Solution: COLOSSUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Colossus | n. | A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. |
| Colossus | n. | Any man or beast of gigantic size. |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with COLOSSUS (5)
For it was unquestionably true that down the middle of the entrance guarded by the man in gold lace, actually between the arrogant, stretched legs of that colossus, ran a stringy pattern of grey footprints stamped upon the white snow.
Give a man a tolerably fair memory to start with, and piloting will develop it into a very colossus of capability.
You must not judge all other men by your own strong standard: a Tatho is by no means a colossus like a Deucalion.
Then the colossus put forth his strength, and, blundering again, at last blundered into the semblance of victory.
She, whose irresolute hand could scarce prick blood from her own bosom, had found strength to cast down that great colossus at a blow.
Quotes with COLOSSUS (3)
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. We are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism. Old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a Colossus shall we be when the Southern continent comes up to our mark! What a stand will it secure as a r…
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1947–2023).