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pro⋅di⋅gious
[pruh-dij-uh
s] 
–adjective
| 1. | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant. |
| 2. | wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat. |
| 3. | abnormal; monstrous. |
| 4. | Obsolete. ominous. |
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| pro·di·gious (prə-dĭj'əs) adj.
[Latin prōdigiōsus, portentous, monstrous, from prōdigium, omen.] pro·di'gious·ly adv., pro·di'gious·ness n. |
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Prodigious
Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." --Milton. Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.
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prodigious
1552, "having the appearance of a prodigy," from L. prodigiosus "strange, wonderful, marvelous," from prodigium (see prodigy). Meaning "vast, enormous" is from 1601.
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