prodigy

[ prod-i-jee ]
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noun,plural prod·i·gies.
  1. a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.

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

  1. something wonderful or marvelous; a wonder.

  2. something abnormal or monstrous.

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

Origin of prodigy

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English prodige, from Latin prōdigium “prophetic sign”

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British Dictionary definitions for prodigy

prodigy

/ (ˈprɒdɪdʒɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. a person, esp a child, of unusual or marvellous talents

  2. anything that is a cause of wonder and amazement

  1. something monstrous or abnormal

  2. an archaic word for omen

Origin of prodigy

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C16: from Latin prōdigium an unnatural happening, from pro- 1 + -igium, probably from āio I say

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