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English Dictionary: prodigious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prodigious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): colossal, prodigious, stupendous of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" Synonym(s): portentous, prodigious 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" Synonym(s): exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prodigious \Prodi"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. [bd]Prodigious might.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.