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prodigy:
(plural: ‘prodigies‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘j & g’ sound as in “judge” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who is extremely intelligent, talented or unusually gifted in a particular field or activity, whose talent makes people feel wonderment or awe; a genius; a wizard,
e.g.
My girlfriend is a maths prodigy; she can solve any mathematical problem!
There are several international chess prodigies from our home-town that thrill millions of people around the world.
{Note 1: ‘Prodigy’ is also used to refer to some act or event that is wonderful or awesome.}
{Note 2: A “Child Prodigy“, the more commonly used expression, is a child with unusual or abnormal talent, skill or intelligence for his/her age. For example, a seven-year-old boy playing a piano or drawing pictures that only an adult artist with a lot of experience can do is called a ‘child prodigy’!}
{Note 3: (very old usage) ‘Prodigy’ was/is also used to refer to an omen, some event that foretells the coming of something else, usually a more drastic or awesome event.}
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