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prestigeful

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pres⋅tige

  [pre-steezh, -steej]
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–noun
1. reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
2. distinction or reputation attaching to a person or thing and thus possessing a cachet for others or for the public: The new discothèque has great prestige with the jet set.
–adjective
3. having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc.
Origin:
1650–60 for an earlier sense; < F (orig. pl.): deceits, delusions, juggler's tricks < L praestīgiae juggler's tricks, var. of praestrīgiae, deriv. from base of praestringere to blunt (sight or mind), lit., to tie up so as to constrict, equiv. to prae- pre- + stringere to bind fast; see stringent

Related forms:
pres⋅tige⋅ful, adjective

Synonyms:
1. weight, importance.

Antonyms:
1. disrepute.
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