When they are attached to other morphemes they change the meaning or the grammatical function of the word in some way, as just seen; when added to the beginning of a word or morphemes they are called prefixes, and when added to the end of a word or morpheme they are called suffixes.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Prodigious(adj) of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. 2  Prodigious(adj) extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.
Adj. 1. prodigious-so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;  colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple ; has a colossal nerve ; a prodigious storm ; a stupendous field of grass ;  stupendous demand . Synonyms: colossal, stupendous.