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prod·i·gy

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–noun, plural -gies.

1.	a person, esp. a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.

2.	a marvelous example (usually fol. by of).

3.	something wonderful or marvelous; a wonder.

4.	something abnormal or monstrous.

5.	Archaic. something extraordinary regarded as of prophetic significance.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME prodige < L prōdigium prophetic sign

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prod·i·gy Audio Help (prŏd'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. prod·i·gies

A person with exceptional talents or powers: a math prodigy.
An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder. See Synonyms at wonder.
A portentous sign or event; an omen.

[Middle English prodige, portent, from Latin prōdigium.]

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prodigy

1494, "sign, portent, something extraordinary from which omens are drawn," from L. prodigium "sign, omen, portent, prodigy," from pro- "forth" + -igium, a suffix or word of unknown origin, perhaps from *agi-, root of aio "I say" (see adage). Meaning "child with exceptional abilities" first recorded 1658.

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prodigy
noun
1.	an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"
2.	a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen]
3.	an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"

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prodigy [ˈprodidʒi] noun — plural ˈprodigies

something strange and wonderful
Example: A very clever child is sometimes called a child prodigy; prodigies of nature

Arabic:	أُعْجوبَه، آيَه، شَيءٌ رائِع
Chinese (Simplified):	奇事，奇才，天才
Chinese (Traditional):	奇事，奇才，天才
Czech:	zázrak
Danish:	vidunder
Dutch:	wonder
Estonian:	ime-
Finnish:	ihme
French:	prodige
German:	das Wunder
Greek:	θαύμα, φαινόμενο
Hungarian:	csoda
Icelandic:	undra-
Indonesian:	keanehan, keajaiban
Italian:	prodigio

Japanese:	驚嘆すべきもの
Latvian:	dabas brīnums, *retums
Lithuanian:	stebuklas
Norwegian:	vidunder(barn), unikum, særsyn
Polish:	cud
Portuguese (Brazil):	prodígio
Portuguese (Portugal):	prodígio
Romanian:	minune
Russian:	чудо
Slovak:	zázrak
Slovenian:	čudo
Spanish:	prodigio
Swedish:	under, under
Turkish:	dâhi

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Prodigy networking
A commercial on-line conferencing service, co-developed by IBM and Sears, Roebuck, Inc.
Prodigy's main competitors are AOL and Compuserve.
(1995-03-01)

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