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1. (adj.) prodigious
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, etc.
2. prodigious
arousing admiration or amazement:
a prodigious feat.
3. prodigious
abnormal; monstrous.
4. prodigious
Obs. ominous.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L prōdigiōsus marvelous. See prodigy , -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) colossal, prodigious, stupendous
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"
2. (adj) portentous, prodigious
of momentous or ominous significance
"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
3. (adj) exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
"a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) prodigious
of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous
2. (adj) prodigious
extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder
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