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Definition of 'prodigious'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill|part=3 |Its prodigious size made me shrink again; yet I could not, without pleasure, behold, and even ventur'd to feel, such a length, such a breadth of animated ivory!}}
  • extraordinarily exciting or amazing
  • (obsolete) ominous, portentous
  • Synonyms

    * gigantic, colossal, huge, enormous; See also * amazing * ominous, portentous

    Derived terms

    * prodigiously

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