prodigious /pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs/adjective 5adverb 1forms 2 adjective5 •Very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge.[T]he figges […] are a fruit for a king, ansvverable to the mightie, huge, and prodigious tree that beareth it. — 1601 •Extraordinarily amazing.VVhat am I? Old! or a Monster! Is it so prodigious, that a Man shou'd like me? — 1707 •In a positive sense: marvellous, wonderful; (specifically) extremely talented, especially at a young age. •In a negative sense: appalling, horrifying, shocking; (specifically, archaic) abnormal, freakish, monstrous, unnatural.[T]hrough many a dark and drearie Vaile / They pass'd, and many a Region dolorous, / […] / VVhere all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, / Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, […] — 1667 •(no longer used) Having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.[T]he blots of natures hand / Shall not in their issue stand. / Neuer mole, hare-lippe, nor scarre, / Nor marke prodigious, such as are / Despised in natiuitie, / Shall vpon their children be. — 1595 adverb1 •(no longer used) Synonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”).I have fewer books than leisure to read them, and I have a prodigious big appetite. — 1863 formsmore prodigious · most prodigious
