Associations to the word «Prodigious»

Wiktionary

PRODIGIOUS, adjective. Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
PRODIGIOUS, adjective. Extraordinarily exciting or amazing
PRODIGIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) ominous, portentous

Dictionary definition

PRODIGIOUS, adjective. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand".
PRODIGIOUS, adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision".
PRODIGIOUS, adjective. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley