All 4 Uses of
prodigious
in
Candide
- The Turks killed prodigious numbers of the Russians, but the latter had their revenge.
Chpt 12 *prodigious = far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
- You'll make a prodigious fortune; if we cannot find our account in one world we shall in another.†
Chpt 14
- It is plain such materials must have prodigious superiority over those pebbles and sand which we call gold and precious stones.†
Chpt 18
- As he had a very large diamond on his finger, and the people of the inn had taken notice of a prodigiously heavy box among his baggage, there were two physicians to attend him, though he had never sent for them, and two devotees who warmed his broths.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(prodigious) enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree