English-Thai Dictionary

prodigy

ADJ สิ่งมหัศจรรย์  คน หรือ สิ่ง ที่ พิเศษ กว่า ทั่วๆ  ไป (โดยเฉพาะ เด็ก ที่ เป็น อัจฉริยะ  genius siang-ma-had-sa-jan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRODIGY

n.[L. prodigium, from prodigo, to shoot out, drive out, properly to spread to a great extent. ] 1. Any thing out of the ordinary process of nature, as so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; as a prodigy of learning.
2. Something extraordinary from which omens are drawn; portent. Thus eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
3. A monster; an animal or other production out of the ordinary course of nature.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRODIGY

Prod "i *gy, n.; pl. Prodigies. Etym: [ L. prodigium; pro before +(perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ]

 

1. 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. Milton.

 

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

 

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

 

Syn. -- Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prodigy

prod i gy |ˈprädəjē ˈprɑdəʤi | ▶noun ( pl. prodigies ) [ often with modifier ] a person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities: a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day. • an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality: Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline. • an amazing or unusual thing, esp. one out of the ordinary course of nature: omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting something extraordinary considered to be an omen ): from Latin prodigium ‘portent. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prodigy

prod |igy |ˈprɒdɪdʒi | ▶noun ( pl. prodigies ) [ often with modifier ] a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities: a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day. • an outstanding example of a particular quality: Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline. • an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature: omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting something extraordinary considered to be an omen ): from Latin prodigium ‘portent ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prodigy

prodigy noun 1 a seven-year-old prodigy: genius, mastermind, virtuoso, wunderkind, wonder child, boy wonder, girl wonder; informal whiz kid, whiz, wizard. 2 Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline: model, classic example, paragon, paradigm, epitome, exemplar, archetype.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prodigy

prodigy noun 1 he was a child prodigy, giving his first concert at the age of nine: child genius, genius, wonder child, mastermind, virtuoso; German wunderkind; informal whizz-kid, whizz, wizard, Einstein. 2 Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline: model, classic example, paragon, paradigm, epitome, exemplar, ideal, prototype, archetype, type.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prodigy

prod i gy /prɑ́dədʒi |prɔ́d -/名詞 複 -gies C 1 神童, 天才児 .2 驚嘆すべきもの, すばらしいもの .