prodigious

adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;

"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has

a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous

field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: {colossal},

{stupendous}]

2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a

portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman

Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: {portentous}]

3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of

exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian

efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young

Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceeding}, {exceptional},

{olympian}, {surpassing}]