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.
Noun. (plural prodigies). ( 1 now rare) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent. [from 15th c.]. 2  An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak. [from 16th c.]. 3  An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.]. 4  A wonderful example of something.