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prodigious
English
Etymology
From Middle French prodigieux, from Latin pr?digi?sus (“unnatural, strange, wonderful, marvelous”), from pr?digium (“an omen, portent, monster”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???d?d???s/
- Rhymes: -?d??s
Adjective
prodigious (comparative more prodigious, superlative most prodigious)
- Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
- Extraordinarily exciting or amazing.
- (obsolete) Ominous, portentous.
- Monstrous; freakish.
Synonyms
- gigantic, colossal, huge, enormous; See also Thesaurus:gigantic
- amazing
- ominous, portentous
Derived terms
- prodigiously
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- prodigious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prodigious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prodigious at OneLook Dictionary Search
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incredible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incr?dibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + cr?dibilis (“worthy of belief”), from cr?d? (“believe”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?ngkr?'d?b?l, IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/, [????k??????b??], [????k??????b??]
- (UK) IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?b?l
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- (literally) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 796:
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- (figuratively) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- (figuratively) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
Synonyms
- unbelievable
Antonyms
- credible
Related terms
Translations
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