different between prodigious vs remarkable
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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remarkable
English
Etymology
remark +? -able, from French remarquable.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???m??k?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???m??k?bl?/
- Hyphenation: re?mark?a?ble
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?b?l
Adjective
remarkable (comparative more remarkable, superlative most remarkable)
- Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV
- There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- Synonyms: eminent, extraordinary, notable, noticeable, observable, outstanding, rare, strange, unusual, wonderful; see also Thesaurus:important, Thesaurus:notable
- Antonym: unremarkable
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV
- uncommon; unusual
- Synonyms: abnormal, queer, singular; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: normal; see also Thesaurus:normal
Derived terms
- remarkableness
- remarkably
Translations
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