Category:Prodigy

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

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. So many terrors, voices, prodigies, may warn thee, as a sure Foregoing sign. Milton.

2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a Marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal Development; a monster. B. Jonson.

Syn. -- wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.