What does prodigious mean?
Definitions for prodigious
prəˈdɪdʒ əsprodi·gious
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word prodigious.
Princeton's WordNet
colossal, prodigious, stupendousadjective
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"
portentous, prodigiousadjective
of momentous or ominous significance
"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassingadjective
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"
Wiktionary
prodigiousadjective
Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PRODIGIOUSadjective
Amazing; astonishing; such as may seem a prodigy; portentous; enormous; monstrous; amazingly great.
Etymology: prodigiosus, Lat. prodigieux, Fr.
If e’er he have a child, abortive it be,
Prodigious and untimely brought to light. William Shakespeare.An emission of immateriate virtues we are a little doubtful to propound, it being so prodigious; but that it is constantly avouched by many. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Brown.
Then entring at the gate,
Conceal’d in clouds, prodigious to relate,
He mix’d, unmark’d, among the busy throng. Dryden.The Rhone enters the lake, and brings along with it a prodigious quantity of water. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.
It is a scandal to christianity, that in towns, where there is a prodigious increase in the number of houses and inhabitants, so little care should be taken for churches. Jonathan Swift.
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prodigious
Prodigious generally means remarkably or impressively great in extent, size or degree; extraordinary or exceptional. It can also refer to something that is unnatural or abnormal.
Webster Dictionary
Prodigiousadjective
of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous
Prodigiousadjective
extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of prodigious in a Sentence
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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- استثنائيArabic
- prodigiósCatalan, Valencian
- ungeheuer, gewaltigGerman
- prodigiaEsperanto
- prodigiosoSpanish
- شگفت انگیزPersian
- mahtava, suunnatonFinnish
- prodigieuxFrench
- bámulatosHungarian
- prodigiosoItalian
- 途方もないJapanese
- ಅತ್ಯಾಕರ್ಷಕKannada
- 거대한Korean
- wonderbaarlijkDutch
- uhyreNorwegian
- gigantic, prodigios, neobișnuit, enorm, vastRomanian
- умопомрачи́тельный, огро́мный, изуми́тельный, удиви́тельный, грома́дный, порази́тельный, чрезме́рный, непоме́рныйRussian
- enorm, häpnadsväckande, gigantisk, ofantligSwedish
- неймовірнийUkrainian
- פּראָדיגיאָוסYiddish
- 驚人Chinese
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