Meaning of prodigious in English
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Classifying Adjective
prodigiousDefinitions
1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit aweExamples
- « colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple »
- « has a colossal nerve »
- « a prodigious storm »
- « a stupendous field of grass »
- « stupendous demand »
Synonyms
- 2. of momentous or ominous significance
Examples
- « such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville »
- « a prodigious vision »
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- 3. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Examples
- « a night of exceeding darkness »
- « an exceptional memory »
- « olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy »
- « the young Mozart's prodigious talents »
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Famous quotes
- « I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. » Mark Twain