Definition of Prodigy

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Prodigy

Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.

Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.

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Prodigy Quotations

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.
Desiderius Erasmus

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.
Luciano Pavarotti

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.
Itzhak Perlman

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
Itzhak Perlman

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Herbie Hancock

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.
Kim Weston

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something.
Anthony Doerr

I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter.
Bobby Sherman

Prodigy Translations

prodigy in Dutch is wonder
prodigy in French is prodige
prodigy in German is Wunderkind
prodigy in Latin is prodigium
prodigy in Norwegian is vidunder
prodigy in Spanish is prodigio
prodigy in Swedish is vidunder

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