Prŏd'i-gy, n.

n. [Lat. prodigium, for prodicium, fr. prodicere, to foretell, predict, from pro, before, and dicere, to say; It. & Sp. prodigio, Fr. prodige.] 1. Something extraordinary from which omens are drawn; portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. So many terrors, voices, prodigies May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. Milton.

2. Any thing out of the ordinary course of nature, and so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; as, a prodigy of learning.
3. A monster; a production out of the ordinary course of nature. B. Jonson.

Syn. — Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.