Prodigy
['prɒdɪdʒɪ] or ['prɑdədʒi]
Definition
(noun.) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; 'the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor'.
(noun.) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; 'she is a chess prodigy'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
(n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.[2]. Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wonder, marvel, portent, monster, miracle,[See MONSTER]
Typist: Sol
Definition
n. a portent: any person or thing that causes great wonder: a wonder: a monster.—adj. Prodig′ious like a prodigy: astonishing: more than usually large in size or degree: monstrous.—adv. Prodig′iously.—n. Prodig′iousness.
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Examples
- It was all as simple and easy to learn and understand to Dur醤 as chess to a child chess prodigy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Amelia was bewildered by his phrases, but thought him a prodigy of learning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Infant Prodigy performed wonders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Carlo was a prodigy of learning for his age. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- On this occasion Mr Barnacle was not engaged, as he had been before, with the noble prodigy at the head of the Department; but was absent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I hope you will be pleased with my son; but you must not expect a prodigy. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He is generally thought a fine young man, but do not expect a prodigy. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But compared with Dur醤 you were like a good sound chess player against a boy prodigy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Undoubtedly in the days to come Edison will not only be recognized as an intellectual prodigy, but as a prodigy of industry--of hard work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A reg'lar prodigy son! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His regiment had performed prodigies of courage, and had withstood for a while the onset of the whole French army. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In her eyes, we were a pair of glacial prodigies, coldproud, and preternatural. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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