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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro
before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F.
prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ]
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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.
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So many terrors, voices, prodigies,
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton.
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2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or
astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
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3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal
development; a monster. --B. Jonson.
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Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.
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