prodigious

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  • Adjective:
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
    of momentous or ominous significance
    far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

Word Origin

prodigious (adj.)
1550s, "ominous," from Middle French prodigieux and directly from Latin prodigiosus "strange, wonderful, marvelous, unnatural," from prodigium (see prodigy). Meaning "vast, enormous" is from c. 1600. Related: Prodigiously; prodigiosity.

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Example

1. The next is the prodigious amount he claimed .
2. A prodigious hunger for resources has long moulded chinese foreign policy .
3. China 's prodigious investment this year is largely at the government 's behest .
4. This has helped to fuel china 's prodigious growth .
5. Last spring , harkin introduced a bill that would regulate the snack machines outside cafeterias that are such a prodigious source of calories for kids .

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