prodigy

Noun
US[prod-uh-jee]/ˈprɑdədʒi/3 syllables
Synonyms: omenportentpresageprognosticprognostication

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)prodigies

  1. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration“she is a chess prodigy”Type of genius, mastermindKinds girl wonder, boy wonder
  2. a sign of something about to happen“he looked for an omen before going into battle”Synonyms: omenportentpresageprognosticprognosticationType of augury, signKinds death knell, auspice, foreboding
  3. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality“the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor”Type of exemplar, example

Related words predict verb, prodigious adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Prod′i·gy noun; pl. Prodigies (#).

Origin: 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.— John 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. Ben Jonson

Synonyms: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Prodigy

<networking> 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)

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