prodigious
Synonym of prodigiouslySynonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”).
» The number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.
Число слов в английском в двадцать раз превосходит внушительный лексикон Шекспира. — Ooneykcall
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1 senses(archaic)Synonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”).
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. — Ooneykcall
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. — carlosalberto
deSchachspieler mit erstaunlichen Erinnerungen vollbringen unglaubliche Leistungen, wie das blinde Spielen einer großen Anzahl von Spielen zur gleichen Zeit. — carlosalberto
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 |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
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