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Definition of Prodigiousness
1. n. The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.
Definition of Prodigiousness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being prodigious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prodigiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prodigiousness
Literary usage of Prodigiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bloody Bridge: And Other Papers Relating to the Insurrection of 1641 by Thomas Fitzpatrick (1903)
"... before 1645, among the Parliament party. But Froude has yet another card to play.
Out of the very prodigiousness of the exaggeration he brings forth the ..."
2. The Bloody Bridge: And Other Papers Relating to the Insurrection of 1641 by Thomas Fitzpatrick (1903)
"Out of the very prodigiousness of the exaggeration he brings forth the prodigiousness
of the slaughter. This purple island of " massacre " must be of vast ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1898)
"confessed, at Willis's own expense—amusement at the immensity of NP's blunders,
amusement at the prodigiousness of his self-esteem ; amusement always, ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"... the immensity of NP's blunders, amusement at the prodigiousness of his
self-esteem ; amusement always, with him or at him ; with or at WILLIS the poet. ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... at Willis's own expense—amusement at the immensity of NP's blunders, amusement
at the prodigiousness of his self-esteem ; amusement always, ..."
6. The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1855)
"... one furnished a moral to Europe by the continuance of his success, the other
by the prodigiousness of his fall. A fresh resemblance arose afterwards, ..."
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