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prodigiousness|prəʊˈdɪdʒəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being prodigious; the quality of exciting amazement; enormousness; hugeness; monstrousness.
1631Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 289 The corporal receiving of Christ hath in it a further prodigiousness and horrour. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. Sect. xv. ⁋13 The Disciples..wondering at the prodigiousnesse of the woman's Religion. 1723Mather Vind. Bible 309 The prodigiousness and irregularity of the punctuation of some words. 1832L. Hunt Sir R. Esher (1850) 126 The..neatness of their operations, contrasted with the prodigiousness of their fists. |