Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person with exceptional talents or powers.
- noun An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder.
- noun Archaic A portentous sign or event; an omen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something extraordinary from which omens are drawn; a portent.
- noun A person or thing so extraordinary as to excite great wonder or astonishment.
- noun A monster; an animal or other production out of the ordinary course of nature.
- noun Synonyms Sign, wonder, miracle.
- noun 2. Marvel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent.
- noun Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel.
- noun A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Something from which
omens are drawn. - noun An amazing or
marvellous thing. - noun A wonderful example of something.
- noun An extremely
talented person, especially a child.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sign of something about to happen
- noun an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
- noun an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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About the middle of the last age, an inveterate ulcer was touched and cured by a holy prickle of the holy crown: 53 the prodigy is attested by the most pious and enlightened Christians of France; nor will the fact be easily disproved, except by those who are armed with a general antidote against religious credulity.
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My friend now tells me it's not that the setup wouldn't run but that prodigy is not connecting after rebooting.
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My little HDTV prodigy is all grown up now ... ...
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Twenty-year-old singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini, a musical prodigy, is nothing short of sensational.
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Almost overnight, the prodigy is brought down to size.
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Can't Post | Private Reply prodigy is asking me to enter and re-enter my sign on name and password with no result.
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The young prodigy is part of the Gaminglessons. com group, where struggling gamers are able to pay upto $65 for one of 12 instructors to teach them the in and outs of Halo 2.
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He was the button-down musical prodigy from a German Jewish family whose father was a cantor.
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An annoying, smartass teenager or an irritating child prodigy is usually involved or you end up falling for the hostage and things just get too damn complicated.
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Randle wasn't sure about the word prodigy, but "if being in the top one percentage in his age group in the planet would qualify, he's better than any five-year-old I've ever met,"
nheiges commented on the word prodigy
Interesting etymology: from Latin "omen"
July 8, 2007
seanahan commented on the word prodigy
Other sources translate the Latin is also "prophetic sign", which makes a bit more sense. A prodigy is a sign of future greatness, or a twisted firestarter.
July 8, 2007