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noun

Prodigy n. (pl. prodigies)

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."

Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.

Synonyms: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prodigy" Quotes from Famous Books

... hero, but no prodigy. He is a hero, and human. A ripple of laughter runs through his life, the fresh wind blows about him as he comes smiling before our eyes; and if he be too full of fun and good spirits to play the part of King Arthur in your imagination, be sure ...

— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie

... great qualities whence that authority arose. The subject is instructive to those who wish to form themselves on whatever of excellence has gone before them. There are many young members in the house (such of late has been the rapid succession of public men) who never saw that prodigy, Charles Townshend; nor of course know what a ferment he was able to excite in everything by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings. For failings he had undoubtedly—many of us remember them; we ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

... other. It was found that his foot had sunk into a very hard stone, to the depth of four or five inches, his iron-shod hoof imprinting a mark on the substance. The lady, much surprised at such a circumstance, which could be no other than a prodigy, descended from the animal, had the stone raised, and beheld, as well as all those who accompanied her, and as all may see who visit the holy chapel raised in the wood, a perfect portrait of the blessed Virgin, where the hoof of the mule ...

— Barn and the Pyrenees - A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre • Louisa Stuart Costello

... to behold this prodigy? But for your friend De Pontbriand and that eagle-eyed seaman who comes to visit your uncle, I have not seen a man since ...

— Marguerite De Roberval - A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier • T. G. Marquis

... come Edison will not only be recognized as an intellectual prodigy, but as a prodigy of industry—of hard work. In his field as inventor and man of science he stands as clear-cut and secure as the lighthouse on a rock, and as indifferent to the tumult around. But as the "old man"—and before he ...

— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

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