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单词 prodigous
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prodigousadj.

Forms: late Middle English prodigous; Scottish pre-1700 prodigus.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prodigueux.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōdigus prodig adj. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French prodigueux (1499). Compare prodigal adj., prodig adj.The following quots. show transmission errors for (or perhaps variants of) prodigious adj. rather than later uses of the present word:1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Late Intestine War (new ed.) iii. 735 A cold damp seized upon the Dunkirkers, who seeing what prodigous Balls of fire were flung out of the English Morter-pieces into the Town, were sorely terrified thereby.1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 36 Since the rise of Guineas here to Thirty Shillings a Guinea..it is incredible what a Prodigous Profit they have made to themselves.
Obsolete.
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful; = prodigal adj.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
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free?c1225
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ungnedea1400
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 5 Be not..prodigous of thy tonge, take hede beholde and see and saye litil.
1522–3 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 97 The said Alexander has bene ane misgidit man prodigus and has waistit..his landis and gudis.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 60596 Gif it be better till ane prince..for to be richt prodigus and large.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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