prodigious
[pruh-dij-uhs]
adjective
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat.
abnormal; monstrous.
Obsolete. ominous.
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chiefly, generally, mostly, widely, principally, broadly, predominantly, decidedly, particularly, absolutely, awfully, profoundly, excessively, remarkably, certainly, deeply, wonderfully, pretty, incredibly, eminently
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Origin of prodigious
SYNONYMS FOR prodigious
1. enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, tremendous. 2. amazing, stupendous, astounding, wondrous, miraculous.
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Word Origin for prodigious
C16: from Latin prōdigiōsus marvellous, from prōdigium, see prodigy
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prodigious
1550s, "ominous," from Middle French prodigieux and directly from Latin prodigiosus "strange, wonderful, marvelous, unnatural," from prodigium (see prodigy). Meaning "vast, enormous" is from c.1600. Related: Prodigiously; prodigiosity.
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