prəˈdijəs, prōˈ- adjective
Etymology: Latin prodigiosus, from prodigium omen, portent, monster + -osus -ous — more at prodigy
1.
a. obsolete : having the nature of an omen : portentous
never mole, harelip, nor scar, nor mark prodigious … shall upon their children be — Shakespeare
b. archaic : having the appearance of a prodigy : abnormal , strange
2. : exciting amazement or wonder : causing one to marvel : amazing
from childhood precocious and prodigious in everything — Willa Cather
a prodigious vision — Christopher Rand
3. : extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree : enormous , immense , vast
a prodigious noise of wheels — Elinor Wylie
have done a prodigious amount of work — John Sparkman
the amount of food provided at a party of this kind was prodigious — W.S.Maugham
Synonyms: see monstrous