Pro*di"gious (?), a. [L.
prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F.
prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous;
wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] Spenser.
It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear
sky.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or
degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious
mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious
blunder. "Prodigious might." Milton.
Syn. -- Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.