pro|di´gious|ness

pro|di´gious|ness
pro|di|gious «pruh DIHJ uhs», adjective.
1. very great; huge; vast: »

The ocean contains a prodigious amount of water.

SYNONYM(S): immense.
2. wonderful; marvelous; amazing: »

a prodigious feat.

SYNONYM(S): astonishing.
3. out of the ordinary; abnormal; monstrous: »

Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things (Milton).

4. Obsolete. being a portent.
[< Latin prōdigiōsus < prōdigium prodigy, omen]
pro|di´gious|ly, adverb.
pro|di´gious|ness, noun.

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