prodigious

Etymology

From Middle French prodigieux, from Latin prōdigiōsus (“unnatural, strange, wonderful, marvelous”), from prōdigium (“an omen, portent, monster”). Morphologically prodigy + -ous.

adj

  1. Very big in size or quantity; colossal, gigantic, huge.
  2. Extraordinarily amazing or exciting.
  3. Freakish; monstrous.
  4. (obsolete) Ominous, portentous.

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