Prodigy
(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.
Prodition
(Pro*di"tion) n. [L. proditio, from prodere to give forth, betray: cf. OF. prodition.] Disclosure; treachery; treason.
[Obs.] Ainsworth.
Proditor
(Prod"i*tor) n. [L.] A traitor. [Obs.]
Proditorious
(Prod`i*to"ri*ous) a. [Cf. OF. proditoire.]
1. Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous. [Obs.] Daniel.
2. Apt to make unexpected revelations. [Obs.] "Nature is proditorious." Sir H. Wotton.
Proditory
(Prod"i*to*ry) a. Treacherous. [Obs.]
Prodromal
(Prod"ro*mal) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.
Prodrome
(Pro"drome) n. [Gr. running before; before + to run: cf. F. prodrome.] A forerunner; a precursor.
Prodromous
(Prod"ro*mous) a. Precursory. [R.]
Prodromus
(Prod"ro*mus) n. [NL.]
1. A prodrome.
2. A preliminary course or publication; — used esp. in the titles of elementary works.
Produce
(Pro*duce") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Produced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Producing ] [L. producere, productum,
to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See Duke.]
1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
evidence in court.
Produce your cause, saith the Lord.
Isa. xli. 21.
Your parents did not produce you much into the world.
Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to
yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
Sandys.
[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind.
Milton.
The greatest jurist his country had produced.
Macaulay.
