Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
Prodigy is the name used by three fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first Prodigy was Spider-Man in disguise, the second has superhuman physical abilities, and the third was a mutant with a superhuman intellect.
This article refers to the now defunct Prodigy Communications Corporation that was purchased by SBC Communications, Inc. in 2001. For information on SBC's current status, see AT&T.
An on-line system run by IBM and Sears. If you have a Prodigy account, [email protected] is your Internet address, where username is your Prodigy user name.
A child (usually under age 10) who is able to perform at an adult level in a specific skill. Unlike savants, prodigies often have high intelligence and are aware of their thinking strategies.