n. pl. prod·i·gies 1. A person with exceptional talents or powers: a math prodigy. 2. An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder: "The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys" (George Orwell). 3. Archaic A portentous sign or event; an omen. [Middle English prodige, portent, from Latin prōdigium.] |
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