Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ultracolossal

/ˌʌltɹəkəˈlɒsəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ul-tra-colos-sal
IPA: /ˌʌltɹəkəˈlɒsəl/

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exceedingly colossal; of utmost colossalness.

Example Sentences

"Buck Rogers, 1999 century A.D. strapped on his super-hydraulic-spacegoer-througher and proceeded to comb his Apollo-like locks with an ultracolossal, overhead-valve Z-ray which gave him that fourth dimension look that all the well-dressed space people have."
"Logo, dilatando esse calculo aos oitenta e sete anos e nove meses da existência já extinta do contrato, a decisão dos exorbitou palmarmente dos limites do compromisso, e, tomando, assim, para assento do cálculo da responsabilidade uma base quase quarenta vezes maior do que a convencionada, cometeu um excesso de poderes ultracolossal."
"She wasn't going to sit there and watch "ultracolossal nerve" in action, even though she'd consciously chosen to run the risk of her life."

Etymology

From ultra- + colossal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ultra

Inflected Forms

more ultracolossal (comparative) most ultracolossal (superlative) ultra-colossal (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ultracolossal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌltɹəkəˈlɒsəl/.
What does ultracolossal mean?: Exceedingly colossal; of utmost colossalness.
Where does ultracolossal come from?: From ultra- + colossal.

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