prodigy
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
prodigy (plural prodigies)
- (now rare) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent. [from 15th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas (historian), Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
- John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation.
- 1971, Keith Thomas (historian), Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
- An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak. [from 16th c.]
- An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.]
- A wonderful example of something. [from 17th c.]
- An extremely talented person, especially a child. [from 17th c.]
- (extremely talented person) wunderkind, girl wonder, girl-genius, boy-genius, boy wonder, child prodigy.
- French: présage, augure, auspices
- German: Orakel
- Italian: presagio
- Portuguese: presságio
- Spanish: presagio, augurio, agüero, auspicio
- French: prodige, prodigie, miracle, merveille
- German: Wunder
- Italian: prodigio
- Portuguese: prodígio, maravilha
- Russian: чудо
- Spanish: maravilla, prodigio, portento, cosa extraña, milagro
- French: enfant prodige (of a child), génie, phénomène
- German: Wunderkind n (of a child), Hochbegabter, Hochbegabte, Genie
- Italian: prodigio, fenomeno
- Portuguese: prodígio
- Russian: вундерки́нд
- Spanish: prodigio, fenómeno, genio, niño prodigio
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