(adj) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe, Syn.prodigious, stupendous, Example: colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple; has a colossal nerve; a prodigious storm; a stupendous field of grass; stupendous demand
(adj) of momentous or ominous significance; - Herman Melville, Syn.prodigious, Example: such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity; a prodigious vision
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [ Obs. or R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. “Prodigious might.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness. [ 1913 Webster ]
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