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English Dictionary: prodigy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for prodigy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigy n an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy" a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" Synonym(s): omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prodigy \Prod"igy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ] 1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton. 2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy* of learning. 3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Prodigy A commercial on-line conferencing service, co-developed by {IBM} and Sears, Roebuck, Inc. Prodigy's main competitors are {AOL} and {Compuserve}. (1995-03-01)