Prod"i*gy (?), n.; pl. Prodigies (#). [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ]
1.
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.
So many terrors, voices, prodigies,
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign.
Milton.
2.
Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
3.
A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
B. Jonson.
Syn. -- Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.
© Webster 1913.