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prodigious
(encz) | prodigious,nesmírný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prodigious
(encz) | prodigious,úžasný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Prodigious
(gcide) | Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a
prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
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1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful;
portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser.
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It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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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.
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Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.
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prodigious
(wn) | prodigious
adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
prodigious, stupendous]
2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: portentous,
prodigious]
3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing] |
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prodigious
(encz) | prodigious,nesmírný adj: Zdeněk Brožprodigious,úžasný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prodigiously
(encz) | prodigiously,nesmírně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Prodigiously
(gcide) | Prodigiously \Pro*di"gious*ly\, adv.
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1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously
great.
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2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased.
[Colloq.] --Pope.
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Prodigiousness
(gcide) | Prodigiousness \Pro*di"gious*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having
qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness;
vastness.
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prodigious
(wn) | prodigious
adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
prodigious, stupendous]
2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: portentous,
prodigious]
3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing] |
prodigiously
(wn) | prodigiously
adv 1: to a prodigious degree; "the prices of farms rose
prodigiously" |
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