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prodigy

noun
/ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/UK/ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From Middle English prodige (“portent”), from Latin prōdigium (“omen, portent, prophetic sign”).

  1. derived from prōdigium
  2. inherited from prodige

Definitions

  1. An extraordinary occurrence or creature

    An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.

  2. An amazing or marvellous thing

    An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.

    • He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are told of him.

  3. A wonderful example of something.

    • Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An extremely talented person, especially a child.

    2. An extraordinary thing seen as an omen

      An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.

      • These on the farther bank now stood and gazed, / By Heaven alarm’d, by prodigies amazed: / A signal omen stopp’d the passing host, / Their martial fury in their wonder lost.
      • John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation.

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Derived

cyberprodigy, prodigious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at prodigy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01prodigy02marvellous03wonderful04admirable05admiration06wondering07wonder08marvel

A definitional loop anchored at prodigy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at prodigy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA