About The Word Prodigious
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Prodigious
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What's The Definition Of Prodigious?
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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" [adj] of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prodigious: big | colossal | exceeding | exceptional | extraordinary | important | large | olympian | portentous | significant | stupendous | surpassing Related Terms | Find terms related to Prodigious: See Also | Prodigious In Webster's Dictionary \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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