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prodigy. The Roman word prodigium was used to denote an incident of an extraordinary nature to be taken as a prophetic sign, bad or good, by the entire nation. When adopted in En- glish as prodigy, the term at first meant the same, but later be- came applied to an extraordinary person or animal, one with great intelligence or talent, and then to a child possessing these qualities. Since the early 16th century, society has known thou- sands of child prodigies. |