prodigious
Extraordinarily amazingExtraordinarily amazing.
» The number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.
Число слов в английском в двадцать раз превосходит внушительный лексикон Шекспира.
Meaning
5 sensesExtraordinarily amazing.
verwunderlich
изуми́тельныйizumítelʹnyj, порази́тельныйporazítelʹnyj, удиви́тельныйudivítelʹnyj
Extraordinarily amazing.
In a positive sense: marvellous, wonderful; (specifically) extremely talented, especially at a young age.
In a negative sense: appalling, horrifying, shocking; (specifically, archaic) abnormal, freakish, monstrous, unnatural.
Very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge.
gewaltig, ungeheuer
чрезме́рныйčrezmérnyj, грома́дныйgromádnyj, непоме́рныйnepomérnyj
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
(archaic, obsolete)Having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
Examples
2 sentencesThe number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.
ruЧисло слов в английском в двадцать раз превосходит внушительный лексикон Шекспира.
Chess players with prodigious memories perform incredible feats, such as playing blindly, at the same time, a large number of matches.
ruШахматисты с потрясающей памятью совершают невероятные подвиги, например, играя вслепую, одновременно, большое количество матчей.
deSchachspieler mit erstaunlichen Erinnerungen vollbringen unglaubliche Leistungen, wie das blinde Spielen einer großen Anzahl von Spielen zur gleichen Zeit.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, portenThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, portentous”), from Latin prōdigiōsus (“strange, unnatural; marvellous, wonderful, prodigious”), from prōdigium (“prophetic sign, omen, portent; prodigy, wonder”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Prōdigium is derived from prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction, something before or prior, or prominence) + aiō (“to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as prodigy + -ous.
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Forms
more prodigious, most prodigious| Comparative | more prodigious Lesson |
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| Superlative | most prodigious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
174 synonyms- so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe:colossalstupendous
- of momentous or ominous significance:portentous
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree:exceedingexceptionalolympiansurpassing
Antonyms
58 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form