Both Uses of
prodigy
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Although master of himself, Monte Cristo, scrutinized with irrepressible curiosity the magistrate whose salute he returned, and who, distrustful by habit, and especially incredulous as to social prodigies, was much more despised to look upon "the noble stranger," as Monte Cristo was already called, as an adventurer in search of new fields, or an escaped criminal, rather than as a prince of the Holy See, or a sultan of the Thousand and One Nights.†
Chpt 47-48
- You are certainly a prodigy; you will soon not only surpass the railway, which would not be very difficult in France, but even the telegraph.†
Chpt 85-86 *
Definition:
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(prodigy) someone with exceptional ability -- especially at a young age
or:
an impressive example of something