nounWord forms: plural -gies1. a person, esp a child, of unusual or marvellous talents
Also called: child genius, child prodigy 2. anything that is a cause of wonder and amazement
3. something monstrous or abnormal
4. an archaic word for omen
Word origin
C16: from Latin
prōdigium an unnatural happening, from
pro-1 +
-igium, probably from
āio I say