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prodigies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl {Prodigies}. [ 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.
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