PRODIG'IOUS, a. [L. prodigiosus. See Prodigy.] 1. Very great; huge; enormous in size, quantity, extent, &c.; as a mountain of prodigious size or altitude; a prodigious mass or quantity of water; an ocean or plain of prodigious extent. Hence,2. Wonderful; astonishing; such as may seem a prodigy;monstrous; portentous. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Prodigious to relate.
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