Meaning

5 senses
  1. Extraordinarily amazing.

    verwunderlich

    изуми́тельныйizumítelʹnyj, порази́тельныйporazítelʹnyj, удиви́тельныйudivítelʹnyj

  2. Extraordinarily amazing.

    In a positive sense: marvellous, wonderful; (specifically) extremely talented, especially at a young age.

  3. In a negative sense: appalling, horrifying, shocking; (specifically, archaic) abnormal, freakish, monstrous, unnatural.

  4. 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

  5. (archaic, obsolete)Having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.

    ruЧисло слов в английском в двадцать раз превосходит внушительный лексикон Шекспира.

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  2. 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.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
extraordinarily amazing:
very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
extraordinarily amazing:
very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, porten

The 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
Comparativemore prodigious Lesson
Superlativemost prodigious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

174 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

58 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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