prodigy
/ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
noun
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
noun
An extremely talented person, especially a child.
Example Sentences
- "He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are told of him."
- "Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation."
- "These on the farther bank now stood and gazed, / By Heaven alarm’d, by prodigies amazed: / A signal omen stopp’d the passing host, / Their martial fury in their wonder lost."
- "Prodigies and Portents have infected the beſt VVritings of Antiquity; and have ſo blotted and deformed our modern Annals, that (vvith greater Juſtice than Polybius has obſerv'd it, of the former) they may be rather called Tragedies than History."
- "John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, prodige, prōdigium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
child prodigy
prodigy house
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
wunderkind
boy-genius
boy wonder
girl-genius
girl wonder
child prodigy
omen
portent
presage
prognostic
prognostication