Category:Prodigious

Pro*di"gious, a. Etym: [l. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See prodigy.]

1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [obs. or r.] Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir t. Browne.

2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; Vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious Creature; a prodigious blunder. "prodigious might." Milton.

Syn. -- huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; Astonishing; extraordinary.