a. Obs. [f. L. coloss-us + -IAN: cf. Colossian = of Colossæ.] = COLOSSAL.
1626. Shirley, Maid’s Rev., I. ii. Wherefore has nature given me … these colossian supporters?
1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, VI. 447. A Colossian Statue of White Marble, representing a Taylor cutting Cloth.
1794. Mary Godwin, Hist. & Mor. View, 7. The spirit of inquiry, which, with colossian strides, seems to be hastening the overthrow of oppressive tyranny.
