\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.