prodigy

Noun
Synonyms: omenportentpresageprognosticprognostication

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration“she is a chess prodigy”
  2. a sign of something about to happen“he looked for an omen before going into battle”Synonyms: omenportentpresageprognosticprognostication
  3. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality“the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. Prodigies. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. [1913 Webster]

3.A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. [1913 Webster]

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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